Childrens Literature and Culture - An Introduction

Children's Literature & Culture: An Introduction guides readers in the study of culture in, around, and through children's literature.

List of contents

Introduction
Rebecca Rowe
Part 1: Identities
Childhood
Madeleine Hunter
Race
Gabrielle Atwood Halko and Laura M. Jiménez
Gender
Brittany (Bee) Eldridge
Queerness
Caroline Clark, Rachel Skrlac Lo, and Julianna Chen
Disability
Caitlin Metheny and Cammie Jo Lawton
Mental Health and Madness
Hannah Helm and Jason DeHart
Intersectionality
Angel Daniel Matos
Part 2: Ideologies
Audiences vs. Author
Jennifer Gouck
Censorship
Miranda A. Green-Barteet
Surveillance
Megan Isaac
Politics
Jeremy Johnston
(Post)Colonialism
Diti Vyas
Globalization
Katrina Gutierrez
Postmodernism
Ella Wydrzynska
Environment and Nature
Rebecca Wigginton
Part 3: Institutions
Schools
Janelle Mathis
Libraries
Amy Pattee
Prizing
Cathryn Mercier
Publishing Industry
Amanda Lastoria
Social Media
Daniel Freeman
Conclusion
Rebecca Rowe

About the author

Rebecca Rowe is Assistant Professor of Children's Literature at East Texas A&M University (USA). Her research focuses on how adaptations, both professional and fan-made, change character identities due to cultural, media, and audience differences. She is editor of the International Journal of Disney Studies and has articles in journals such as Children's Literature, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Lion and the Unicorn, and Jeunesse, along with chapters in Fan Phenomena: Disney, Gender and Female Villains in 21st Century Fairy Tale Narratives and Lizzie McGuire to Andi Mack: The Disney Channel's Tween Programming 2000-2019.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Rowe
• Assisted by: Rebecca Rowe (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032572703
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257270-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Routledge Introductions to Young Adult and Children's Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Humanities, Literary studies: general, Children's Literature, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general