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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828772003321

Titolo

Knowing their place? [[electronic resource] ] : identity and space in children's literature / / edited by Terri Doughty and Dawn Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011

ISBN

1-283-43676-0

9786613436764

1-4438-3619-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DoughtyTerri <1962->

ThompsonDawn <1963->

Disciplina

809.399282

Soggetti

Children's stories - History and criticism

Space in literature

Ethnicity in literature

Nationalism in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume grew from the 2009 The child and the book conference at Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, Canada" -- Acknowledgements.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Traditionally in the West, children were expected to "know their place," but what does this comprise in a contemporary, globalized world? Does it mean to continue to accept subordination to those larger and more powerful? Does it mean to espouse unthinkingly a notion of national identity? Or is it about gaining an awareness of the ways in which identity is derived from a sense of place? Where individuals are situated matters as much if not more than it ever has. In children's literature, the ...