Child Activist Literature At the Turn of the 2020s - From Kids You Read About to Kids You Read

This book analyzes child activists' texts alongside adults' narratives of youth activism, exploring issues of influence, inspiration, authorship and reception in child activist literature.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Consider the Children
Chapter One: Kids You Read About in School: Narratives of Child Activism in K-12 Curricula
Chapter Two: Hopes and Fears: Fictions of Young People Taking Charge
Chapter Three: Is the Political Arena Any Place for a Child? Adult Ambivalence toward Children as Political Subjects
Chapter Four: Citizens, Enforcers, and Messengers from the Future: Rhetorical Strategies of Young Activists
Chapter Five: The Unfinished Business of Intergenerational Activism
Chapter Six: Welcome to the Evolving Struggle: Young Activists' How-Tos for the 2020s
Conclusion: Troubling Children's Literature: Youth Activism and Authorship
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Niall C. Nance-Carroll is instructor of children's and young adult literature at Eastern Illinois University.

Product details

• Authors: Niall C Nance-Carroll, Niall C. Nance-Carroll, Niall C Nance-Carroll
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2024
• EAN: 9781666952827
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-282-7
• No. of pages: 154
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Politics, Politics & government, Politics and government, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Children's & teenage literature studies, Literary studies: from c 2000, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general