Literary Cultures and Twenty-First-Century Childhoods
Samenvatting
In the early decades of the twenty-first century, we are grappling with the legacies
of past centuries and their cascading effects upon children and all people. We
realize anew how imperialism, globalization, industrialization, and revolution
continue to reshape our world and that of new generations. At a volatile moment,
this collection asks how twenty-first century literature and related media
represent and shape the contemporary child, childhood, and youth.
Because literary representations construct ideal childhoods as well as model the
rights, privileges, and respect afforded to actual young people, this collection
surveys examples from popular culture and from scholarly practice. Chapters
investigate the human rights of children in literature and international policy; the
potential subjective agency and power of the child; the role models proposed for
young people; the diverse identities children embody and encounter; and the
environmental well-being of future human and nonhuman generations.
As a snapshot of our developing historical moment, this collection identifies
emergent trends, considers theories and critiques of childhood and literature,
and observes how new technologies and paradigms are destabilizing past
conventions of storytelling and lived experience.
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<p>Introduction: Twenty-First Century Literary Cultures and Childhoods</p>
<p>Nathalie op de Beeck</p>
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<p>I. Children’s Rights and Role Models </p>
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<p>Children’s Right to Participate: Insights from the Story of Malala</p>
<p>Jonathan Todres</p>
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<p>The Wisdom of Getting Involved: Civic Engagement in Contemporary Egyptian Children’s Literature</p>
<p>Yasmine Motawy</p>
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<p>Bright Pasts, Brighter Futures: Biographies for Children in the Early Twenty-First Century</p>
<p>Clémentine Beauvais</p>
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<p>II. Social Justice and Diversity in Literature for Young Readers</p>
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<p>“We Need Diverse Books”: Diversity, Activism, and Children’s Literature</p>
<p>Sarah Park Dahlen </p>
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<p>What Having Two Mommies Looks Like Now: Queer Picture Books in the Twenty-First Century</p>
<p>Derritt Mason</p>
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<p>III. Representing Youth, Claiming Identity, and Exercising Agency </p>
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Laughing Out Loud or Lost in the Woods? Tween Girl Identity in Picturebooks and Graphic Novels for Children </p>
<p>Nina Christensen</p>
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<p>“Ganesha Is My Best Friend”: Homological Boyhood in Hindi Mythological Animated Films</p>
<p>Anuja Madan</p>
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<p>Brazilian Childhood and Literature in the Age of Digital Technologies</p>
<p>Edgar Roberto Kirchof </p>
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<p>IV. Coming of Age in the Anthropocene</p>
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<p>Animals in Children’s Development: A Roadmap for the Twenty-First Century</p>
<p>Gail F. Melson </p>
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<p>Examining Animal Bodies in War-Related Media for Children</p>
<p>Amy Ratelle </p>
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<p>The Power and Potential: An Ecocritical Reading of Twenty-First Century Childhood</p>
<p>Alice Curry </p>
<p><br> V. Contributors <br> <br> <br> </p>
<p>Part of a Palgrave Book Series </p>