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Author Plastow, Jenny

Title The Sands of Time : Children's Literature ; Culture, Politics and Identity
Published Hatfield : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages)
Series Children's Literature Annual, no. 3
Children's Literature Annual, no. 3
Contents Contents; Jenny Plastow: Introduction to The Sands of Time; Margot Hillel and Jenny Plastow: Introduction to the chapters; Roxanne Harde: 'One way to get an education': Elizabeth Stuart Phelps and the borders between working and other children in nineteenth-century American children's literature; Judith Humphrey: Subversion and resistance in the girls'school story; Karian Schuitema: The possibility of an intercultural children's theatre in Britain
Mary Clarke: 'Not in charge of the story': The presence of Rapunzel in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and Margaret Mahy's The Other Side of SilenceBeverley Naidoo: Ghosts have a way of rising: Writing the past, the present, and crossing the fence; Margot Hillel: Welcoming Strangers: The politics of 'othering' in three Australian picture books; Karen Argent: Picture books and their influence on social constructions of disability; Richard MacSween: Children in conflict: the significance of children's literature in relation to war: An interview w
Summary Children's literature has always been produced by radicals and reformers. Critical analysis of their views and methods is a fascinating and increasingly contested new field. Bringing together a range of perspectives from established academics, well-known children's writers and students of children's literature, this collection provides an unusual and challenging read. Whether you are interested in how writers present the lives of working children in nineteenth-century America, how picture books challenge and subvert the political stance of contemporary Australia, or how issues in Kenya or Pale
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Subject Children's literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses
Children's literature.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Hillel, Margot
ISBN 9781905313914
1905313918
9781905313808
1905313802