Contemporary children's literature and film: engaging with theory

Bringing together leading and emerging scholars, this book argues for the significance of theory for reading texts written and produced for young people. Integrating perspectives from across feminism, ecocriticism, postcolonialism and poststructuralism, it demonstrates how these inform approaches to a range ofcontemporary literature and film. KERRY MALLAN is Professor in Education at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Her co-edited book 'Youth Cultures: Texts, Images and Identities' is an IRSCL Honour Book (2003). She is a co-author of 'New World Orders inContemporary Children's Literature' (2008). Her most recent book is 'Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction' (2009). CLARE BRADFORD is Professor of Literature at Deakin University, Australia. Her 2001 book, 'Reading Race', won both the ChLA Book Award and the IRSCL Award. She is a co-author of 'New World Ordersin Contemporary Children's Literature' (2008). Her most recent book is 'Unsettling Narratives: Postcolonial Readings of Children's Literature' (2007). INDICE: List of Figures - Notes on Contributors - Acknowledgements - Introduction: Bringing Back Theory; 'K.Mallan' & 'C.Bradford - 'Schemas and Scripts: Cognitive Instruments and the Representation of Cultural Diversity in Children's Literature; 'J.Stephens - 'Journeying Subjects: Spatiality and Identity in Children's Texts; 'C.Bradford' & 'R.Baccolini - 'Local and Global: Cultural Globalisation, Consumerism and Children's Fiction; 'E.Bullen' & 'K.Mallan - 'Monstrous Women: Gothic Misogyny in Monster House; 'M.Takolander - 'Splitting the Difference: Pleasure, Desire and Intersubjectivity in Children's Literatureand Film; 'C.Wilkie-Stubbs - 'Children as Ecocitizens: Ecocriticism and Environmental Texts; 'G.Massey' & 'C.Bradford - 'From 'Wizard' to 'Wicked': Adaptation Theory and Young Adult Fiction; 'D.Buchbinder - 'All That Matters: Technoscience, Critical Theory and Children's Fiction; 'K.Mallan - 'Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23149-8
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 29/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés