LEADER 03523oam 2200565K 450 001 9910150347703321 005 20240501155507.0 010 $a1-317-57394-3 010 $a0-367-34625-7 010 $a1-315-73851-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315738512 035 $a(CKB)3710000000932736 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4741248 035 $a962752509 035 $a(OCoLC)962752509 035 $a(OCoLC-P)962752509 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315738512 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000932736 100 $a20161116d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu---unuuu 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aContemporary British children's fiction and cosmopolitanism /$fby Fiona McCulloch 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (213 pages) 225 1 $aChildren's Literature and Culture 311 08$a1-138-82830-0 311 08$a1-317-57395-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Ethical endeavours -- pt. 2. Conflict and conciliation -- pt. 3. Future freedoms. 330 $aThis book visits contemporary British children's and young adult (YA) fiction alongside cosmopolitanism, exploring the notion of the nation within the context of globalization, transnationalism and citizenship. By resisting globalization's dehumanizing conflation, cosmopolitanism offers an ethical, humanitarian, and political outlook of convivial planetary community. In its pedagogical responsibility towards readers who will become future citizens, contemporary children's and YA fiction seeks to interrogate and dismantle modes of difference and instead provide aspirational models of empathetic world citizenship. McCulloch discusses texts such as J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Jackie Kay's Strawgirl, Theresa Breslin's Divided City, Gillian Cross's Where I Belong, Kerry Drewery's A Brighter Fear, Saci Lloyd's Momentum, and Julie Bertagna's Exodus trilogy. This book addresses ways in which children's and YA fiction imagines not only the nation but the world beyond, seeking to disrupt binary divisions through a cosmopolitical outlook. The writers discussed envision British society's position and role within a global arena of wide-ranging topical issues, including global conflicts, gender, racial politics, ecology, and climate change. Contemporary children's fiction has matured by depicting characters who face uncertainty just as the world itself experiences an uncertain future of global risks, such as environmental threats and terrorism. The volume will be of significant interest to the fields of children's literature, YA fiction, contemporary fiction, cosmopolitanism, ecofeminism, gender theory, and British and Scottish literature. 410 0$aChildren's literature and culture. 606 $aChildren's stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish fiction$y21st century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCosmopolitanism in literature 615 0$aChildren's stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCosmopolitanism in literature. 676 $a823.009/9282 676 $a823.92099282 700 $aMcCulloch$b Fiona$0892703 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150347703321 996 $aContemporary British children's fiction and cosmopolitanism$91993939 997 $aUNINA