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Author Foster, John (John Elwall)

Title Bush, city, cyberspace : the development of Australian children's literature into the twenty-first century / John Foster, Ern Finnis, Maureen Nimon
Published Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. : Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, ©2005

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Description xvii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Literature and literacy for young people ; 6
Contents BUSH, CITY, CYBERSPACE:The Development of Australian Children'sLiterature into the Twenty-first Century; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Note; CHAPTER 1 The origins of Australian children's literature; Further reading; CHAPTER 2 On being Australian: The Gallipolli legend; CHAPTER 3 Migration and national identity; CHAPTER 4 White voices/black voices: Indigenous children's literature; Further reading; CHAPTER 5 The role and significance of the natural environment; Further reading; CHAPTER 6 Negotiating the maze of life 1: Focus on the familyFurther reading; CHAPTER 7 Negotiating the maze of life 2: Additional dilemmas for today's children and adolescents; CHAPTER 8 Future histories of Australia; CHAPTER 9 The hero and the quest: From Dot and the kangaroo to Dragonkeeper; Further reading; CHAPTER 10 Popular fiction for the cyber-generation; Further reading; CHAPTER 11 Australian children's poetry; CHAPTER 12 Australian picture books; Further reading; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and index
Subject Children's literature, Australian -- History and criticism.
Children -- Books and reading -- Australia -- History.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Author Nimon, Maureen.
Finnis, Ern.
Charles Sturt University. Centre for Information Studies.
ISBN 1876938781
9781876938789
Other Titles Development of Australian children's literature into the 21st century