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

• Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.399282
• Soggetto topico: Children's stories - History and criticism; Space in literature; Ethnicity in literature; Nationalism in literature
• Altri autori: DoughtyTerri <1962-> ThompsonDawn <1963->
• 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 ...
• Titolo autorizzato: Knowing their place
• ISBN: 1-283-43676-0; 9786613436764; 1-4438-3619-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788545403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II