Representations of Technology in Science Fiction for Young People

Zusatztext 'Representations of Technology in Science Fiction for Young People is a provocative and invaluable book, especially because it forces us to confront and reevaluate our anxieties about technology and childhood.' - Journal of Children's Literature Studies Informationen zum Autor Noga Applebaum has a PhD in Children's Literature from Roehampton University. She lectures in Children's Literature at the Open University and teaches Creative Writing at the Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute in London. Klappentext The book explores representations of modern technology in contemporary science fiction for young people. It exposes the anti-technological bias existing within a genre usually associated with celebrating technology, and suggests that this bias is a form of resistance to the changing face of childhood and technology's contribution to this change. Zusammenfassung The book explores representations of modern technology in contemporary science fiction for young people. It exposes the anti-technological bias existing within a genre usually associated with celebrating technology, and suggests that this bias is a form of resistance to the changing face of childhood and technology’s contribution to this change. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Permissions Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: But Only God Can Make a Tree: Technology and Nature in Young SF Chapter Two: The Last Book in the Universe: The Fate of the Humanities in a Technological World Chapter Three: The Road Not Taken: The Impact of Technology on Narrative Structure Chapter Four: The World Upside Down: Technology, Power and the Adult-child Relationship Chapter Five: (Tech)Nobody's Children: Clones and Cloning in Young Adult Literature Conclusion: The Technophobic Legacy Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Noga Applebaum, Noga (Roehampton University Applebaum, Applebaum Noga
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.09.2009
• EAN: 9780415989510
• ISBN: 978-0-415-98951-0
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Children's Literature and Culture; Children's Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Science Fiction, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general