Boys in Children's Literature and Popular Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Boys in Children's Literature and Popular Culture write by Annette Wannamaker. This book was released on 2012-09-10. Boys in Children's Literature and Popular Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Boys in Children’s Literature and Popular Culture proposes new theoretical frameworks for understanding the contradictory ways masculinity is represented in popular texts consumed by boys in the United States. The popular texts boys like are often ignored by educators and scholars, or are simply dismissed as garbage that boys should be discouraged from enjoying. However, examining and making visible the ways masculinity functions in these texts is vital to understanding the broad array of works that make up children’s culture and form dominant versions of masculinity. Such popular texts as Harry Potter, Captain Underpants, and Japanese manga and anime often perform rituals of subject formation in overtly grotesque ways that repulse adult readers and attract boys. They often use depictions of the abject – threats to bodily borders – to blur the distinctions between what is outside the body and what is inside, between what is "I" and what is "not I." Because of their reliance on depictions of the abject, those popular texts that most vigorously perform exaggerated versions of masculinity also create opportunities to make dominant masculinity visible as a social construct.
Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture
Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture write by Gary Westfahl. This book was released on 2000-04-30. Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a constantly changing world, individuals are forever growing to meet the challenges and developments that emerge around them. In contemporary society, technology is at the heart of change. Literature, too, reflects the evolution of culture and increasingly represents and considers technology. And as children become young adults, their reading helps shape their understanding of the world. This book examines representative works of science fiction, children's literature, and popular culture to show how these works reflect the process of growing up in a technological world. The volume looks at the simple picture books and comic books that appeal to small children; the formulaic adventures that fascinate older children; the films and television programs that are watched by children and young adolescents; the music videos and programming that appeal to young adults; and the popular novels that interest older readers. Included are discussions of Superman, the Hardy Boys, Star Trek, science fiction films, and music videos. The book points to similarities among popular culture, science fiction, and children's literature and demonstrates the relevance of these works to contemporary society.
Children's Literature, Popular Culture, and Robinson Crusoe
Children's Literature, Popular Culture, and Robinson Crusoe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Children's Literature, Popular Culture, and Robinson Crusoe write by A. O'Malley. This book was released on 2012-07-30. Children's Literature, Popular Culture, and Robinson Crusoe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This study of the afterlife of Robinson Crusoe offers insights into the continued popularity and relevance of Crusoe's story and how modern conceptions of childhood are shaped by nostalgia and ideas of 'the popular'. Examining many adaptations in a variety of formats, it reconsiders the place Crusoe has occupied in our culture for three centuries.
Popular Children's Literature in Britain
Popular Children's Literature in Britain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Popular Children's Literature in Britain write by Julia Briggs. This book was released on 2008. Popular Children's Literature in Britain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Responding to the astonishing success of J. K. Rowling and other contemporary authors, the editors of this timely volume take up the challenge of assessing the complex interplay of forces that have generated, and sometimes sustained, the popularity of children's books. Ranging from eighteenth-century chapbooks to the stories of Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl, and from science schoolbooks to Harry Potter, these essays show how authorial talent operates within its cultural context to make a children's classic.
Reading Children’s Literature: A Critical Introduction - Second Edition
Reading Children’s Literature: A Critical Introduction - Second Edition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reading Children’s Literature: A Critical Introduction - Second Edition write by Carrie Hintz. This book was released on 2019-03-28. Reading Children’s Literature: A Critical Introduction - Second Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reading Children’s Literature offers insights into the major discussions and debates currently animating the field of children’s literature. Informed by recent scholarship and interest in cultural studies and critical theory, it is a compact core text that introduces students to the historical contexts, genres, and issues of children’s literature. A beautifully designed and illustrated supplement to individual literary works assigned, it also provides apparatus that makes it a complete resource for working with children’s literature during and after the course. The second edition includes a new chapter on children’s literature and popular culture (including film, television, and merchandising) and has been updated throughout to reflect recent scholarship and new offerings in children’s media.
