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Zusatztext "Fiona McCulloch's most recent book marks an important contribution to studies of contemporary literature for children and young adults (YA). It makes an especially timely and telling intervention in a specifically Scottish critical landscape that has still to give proper! sustained attention to the rich and diverse modes of writing which it encompasses. In making a highly per-suasive! compelling! and densely argued case for the ethical relevance and reach of this body of work! McCulloch's is surely the study that can redress that limitation."- Sarah Dunnigan! University of Edinburgh! Scottish Literary Review Informationen zum Autor Fiona McCulloch is currently an independent scholar and was Lynn Wood Neag Distinguished Visiting Professor in British Literature at the University of Connecticut, 2015. Klappentext This book visits contemporary British children's and YA fiction alongside cosmopolitanism, exploring the notion of the nation within the context of globalization, transnationalism and citizenship. McCulloch addresses how children's and YA fiction imagines not only the nation but the world beyond. Zusammenfassung This book visits contemporary British children’s and YA fiction alongside cosmopolitanism, exploring the notion of the nation within the context of globalization, transnationalism and citizenship. McCulloch addresses how children’s and YA fiction imagines not only the nation but the world beyond. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Ethical Endeavours 1 ‘We’re All Human, Aren’t We?’: Scottish Cosmopolitics in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter 2 ‘People and their Differences’: Cosmofeminism in Jackie Kay’s Strawgirl Part II Conflict and Conciliation 3 ‘You Are a Team’: Reconfiguring Community in Theresa Breslin’s Divided City 4 ‘We’re All Connected’: Transnational Journeys in Gillian Cross’s Where I Belong 5 ‘Hope Amongst This Madness’: Peace Building in Kerry Drewery’s A Brighter Fear Part III Future Freedoms 6 ‘We Must Fight for a New Future’: Envisioning Tomorrow’s World in Saci Lloyd’s Momentum 7 ‘A New Home in the World’: Nomadic Writing and World Citizenship in Julie Bertagna’s Exodus Trilogy Conclusion Index ...
