Bringing together leading and emerging scholars, this book argues for the significance of theory for reading texts written and produced for young people. Integrating perspectives from across feminism, ecocriticism, postcolonialism and poststructuralism, it demonstrates how these inform approaches to a range of contemporary literature and film.
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Bringing Back Theory; K.Mallan & C.Bradford
Schemas and Scripts: Cognitive Instruments and the Representation of Cultural Diversity in Children's Literature; J.Stephens
Journeying Subjects: Spatiality and Identity in Children's Texts; C.Bradford & R.Baccolini
Local and Global: Cultural Globalisation, Consumerism and Children's Fiction; E.Bullen & K.Mallan
Monstrous Women: Gothic Misogyny in Monster House; M.Takolander
Splitting the Difference: Pleasure, Desire and Intersubjectivity in Children's Literature and Film; C.Wilkie-Stubbs
Children as Ecocitizens: Ecocriticism and Environmental Texts; G.Massey & C.Bradford
From 'Wizard' to 'Wicked': Adaptation Theory and Young Adult Fiction; D.Buchbinder
All That Matters: Technoscience, Critical Theory and Children's Fiction; K.Mallan
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