Outside Child, in and Out of the Book

Zusatztext "...a valuable addition to resources for teaching and studying texts about and for the young." - IRSCL"Provocative! dense with ideas and very readable... its examination of specific narrative strategies in children's literature concerned with outsiderness make this a valuable addition to the body of research in children's literature and childhood studies." --Phyllis Ramage! Wasafiri! No. 60! Winter 2009 Informationen zum Autor Christine Wilkie-Stibbs is an Associate Professor at the University of Warwick UK. specialising in critical theory, children's literature and childhood. She is author of The Feminine Subject in Children's LIterature and The Mythological Consciousness of Russell Hoban. Klappentext Christine Wilkie-Stibbs juxtaposes the narratives of literary and actual "outsider" children to explore how Western culture has imagined, defined, and dealt with various marginalized children, whether orphans, homeless, refugees, or victims of abuse. Zusammenfassung Christine Wilkie-Stibbs juxtaposes the narratives of literary and actual "outsider" children to explore how Western culture has imagined, defined, and dealt with various marginalized children, whether orphans, homeless, refugees, or victims of abuse. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Outsider 2. Displaced 3. Erased 4. Abject 5. Unattached 6. Colonized

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• Authors: WILKIE STIBBS CHRISTINE, Christine Wilkie-Stibbs, Christine (University of Warwick Wilkie-Stibbs, Wilkie-Stibbs Christine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2012
• EAN: 9780415516556
• ISBN: 978-0-415-51655-6
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Children's Literature and Culture; Children's Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Sociology, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Literary studies: general, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general