Maria Nikolajeva

Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young Readers

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Produktbeschreibung

Looking at key works from the eighteenth-century to the present, Nikolajeva explores topics such as genre, gender, crossvocalization, species, and picturebook images in order to demonstrate how a balance is maintained between the two opposite inherent goals of childrenâ s literature: to empower and to educate the child.

Produktdetails

• Children's Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 342g
• ISBN-13: 9780415636698
• ISBN-10: 0415636698
• Artikelnr.: 35561286

Autorenporträt

Maria Nikolajeva is a Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is the recipient of the international Grimm Award for lifetime achievements in children's literature research.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Why Does Pippi Sleep
with Her Feet on the Pillow? 1: Harry Potter and the Secrets of Children's
Literature 2: Othering the Sense: Language and (Mis)communication 3:
Othering the Genre: Fantasy and Realism 4: Othering the Child: George
MacDonald's Fairy Tales 5: Othering the Future: Stereotypes of Dystopia 6:
Othering the Setting: Orientalism and Robinsonade 7: Othering Gender: New
Masculinities, New Femininities 8: Othering Voice: Crossvocalization and
Performance 9: Othering Ideology: Literature in Society's Service 10:
Othering the Species: The (Ab)use of Animals 11: Othering the Visual: Power
Structures in Picturebooks 12: Othering the Reader: Identification Fallacy
Conclusion: The Adult's Self-Denial Bibliography Index