New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations

Type

Book

Authors

Clare Bradford

Kerry Mallan

John Stephens

Robyn McCallum

ISBN 10

0230020054

ISBN 13

9780230020054

Tags

Movies, Criticism & Theory, Movements & Periods, Children's Literature, Writing, Teen & Young Adult

Description

New World Orders demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures. In examining a diverse range of international children's literature and film produced between 1988 and 2006, the authors explore the ways in which children's texts respond to social change and global politics, giving shape to children's perceived anxieties and desires. The book argues that children's texts are crucially implicated in shaping the values of their readers. - from Amzon

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