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Description:This peer- reviewed collection of critical essays on childrens literature addresses contemporary debates regarding what constitutes suitable texts for young audiences. The volume examines what adult writers tell their child readers with particular focus on the following areas: the representation of sexuality, gender and the body; the treatment of death and trauma; concepts of race, prejudice and national identity; and the use of childrens literature as a tool for socializing, acculturating, politicizing and educating children. The focus of the collection is on Irish and international fiction addressed at readers from mid-childhood to young adulthood. One section of the book examines what child readers were told in the past while the final section examines young readers capacity for self-invention through the participatory culture of the twenty-first century. Topics explored include the controversial issue of teenage prostitution and the commodification of the male body in contemporary young adult fiction, the allure of celebrity and the impact of todays surveillance culture on young people, the representation of the Holocaust for young readers and representations of Muslim characters and culture in a post-9/11 mediascape. Subject matter ranges from the contemporary realistic fiction of Melvin Burgess to Joy Kogawas historical narrative, Obasan and its subsequent adaptations for children, to print material produced by Inghinidhe na hEreann aimed at politicizing young Irish readers in the early twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What Do We Tell the Children?: Critical Essays on Children's Literature. To get started finding What Do We Tell the Children?: Critical Essays on Children's Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This peer- reviewed collection of critical essays on childrens literature addresses contemporary debates regarding what constitutes suitable texts for young audiences. The volume examines what adult writers tell their child readers with particular focus on the following areas: the representation of sexuality, gender and the body; the treatment of death and trauma; concepts of race, prejudice and national identity; and the use of childrens literature as a tool for socializing, acculturating, politicizing and educating children. The focus of the collection is on Irish and international fiction addressed at readers from mid-childhood to young adulthood. One section of the book examines what child readers were told in the past while the final section examines young readers capacity for self-invention through the participatory culture of the twenty-first century. Topics explored include the controversial issue of teenage prostitution and the commodification of the male body in contemporary young adult fiction, the allure of celebrity and the impact of todays surveillance culture on young people, the representation of the Holocaust for young readers and representations of Muslim characters and culture in a post-9/11 mediascape. Subject matter ranges from the contemporary realistic fiction of Melvin Burgess to Joy Kogawas historical narrative, Obasan and its subsequent adaptations for children, to print material produced by Inghinidhe na hEreann aimed at politicizing young Irish readers in the early twentieth century.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What Do We Tell the Children?: Critical Essays on Children's Literature. To get started finding What Do We Tell the Children?: Critical Essays on Children's Literature, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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