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New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations 1st ed. 2008


New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations 1st ed. 2008

Paperback by Bradford, C.; Mallan, K.; Stephens, J.; McCallum, R.

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

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ISBN:
9781349286157
Publication Date:
13 Mar 2008
Edition/language:
1st ed. 2008 / English
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Pages:
213 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 29 Apr - 4 May 2024
New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations

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.

Contents

Acknowledgements A New World Order or a New Dark Age? Children's Texts, New World Orders and Transformative Possibilities Masters, Slaves and Entrepreneurs: Globalised Utopias and New World Order(ing)s The Lure of the Lost Paradise: Postcolonial Utopias Reweaving Nature and Culture: Reading Ecocritically 'Radiant with possibility': Communities and Utopianism Ties that Bind: Reconceptualising Home and Family The Struggle to be Human in a Posthuman World Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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