New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations (Critical Approaches to Children's Literature)
Description
This book demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures. The authors explore the ways in which children's texts respond to social change and global politics. The book argues that children's texts are crucially implicated in shaping the values of their readers.
Keywords
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE_HISTORY AND CRITICISMUTOPIAS IN LITERATURE
2008Book
Author(s)Kerry Mallan
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230020054
LanguageEnglish
