The Feminine Subject in Children's Literature

This book builds upon and contributes to the growing academic interest in feminism within the field of children's literature studies. Christie Wilkie-Stibbs draws upon the work of Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous, Julia Kristeva, and Jacques Lacan in her analysis of particular children's literature texts to demonstrate how a feminist analysis opens up textual possibilities that may be applied to works of children's fiction in general, extending the range of textual engagements in children's literature through the application of a new poststructural critical apparati.

Sommario

Foreword 1. Theoretical Introduction: The feminine in Children's Literature 2. Writing the Subject in Children’s Liuterature: l'écriture feminine 3. Reading the Mother in Children's Literature: l'parler femme 4. The feminine Postmodern Subject of Children's Literature 5. The feminine Textual Unconscious in Children's Literature Conclusion: Une lecture feminine Notes Bibliography

Info autore

Christine Wilkie-Stibbs, PhD., is Associate Professor in English Studies and Director of the MA in Children's Literature Studies at the University of Warwick. She is a graduate of University of Southhampton and the University of Wales.

Riassunto

Extends the range of critical engagement with children's fiction by exploring the feminine subject in paradigm texts by Margaret Mahy and Gillian Cross.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christine Wilkie-Stibbs, Wilkie-Stibbs Christine
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 06.09.2002
• EAN: 9780415929967
• ISBN: 978-0-415-92996-7
• Pagine: 220
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 570 g
• Serie: Children's Literature and Culture
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general