(Re)imagining the world : children's literature's response to changing times


Autoria(s): Wu, Yan; Mallan, Kerry M.
Data(s)

30/06/2013

Resumo

(Re)Imagining the world: Children’s Literature’s Response to Changing Times considers how writers of fiction for children imagine ‘the world’, not one universal world, but different worlds: imaginary, strange, familiar, even monstrous worlds. The chapters in this collection discuss how fiction for children engages with some of the changes brought about by new technologies, information literacy, consumerism, migration, politics, different family structures, cosmopolitanism, and new and old monsters. They also invite us to think about how memory shapes our understanding of the past, and how fiction engages our emotions, our capacity to empathize, our desire to discover, and what the future may hold. The contributors bring different perspectives from education, postcolonial studies, literary criticism, cultural studies, childhood studies, postmodernism, and the social sciences. With a wide coverage of texts from different countries, and scholarly and lively discussions, this collection is itself a testament to the power of the human imagination and the significance of children’s literature in the education of young people.

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/61106/

Publicador

Springer

Relação

Wu, Yan & Mallan, Kerry M. (Eds.) (2013) (Re)imagining the world : children's literature's response to changing times. Springer.

Direitos

Copyright 2013 Springer

Fonte

Children & Youth Research Centre; Faculty of Education

Palavras-Chave #130000 EDUCATION #200000 LANGUAGES COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE #children's literature #children and youth research centre
Tipo

Book