Research Catalog

Title

Power, voice and subjectivity in literature for young readers / Maria Nikolajeva.

Author

Nikolajeva, Maria

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2010.

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Holdings

Details

Description

xiii, 217 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Children's literature and culture

Uniform Title

Children's literature and culture

Subject

• Children's literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc
• Other (Philosophy) in literature
• Power (Philosophy) in literature
• Voice in literature
• Subjectivity in literature
• Children's literature > Psychological aspects

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Why does Pippi sleep with her feet on the pillow? -- Harry Potter and the secrets of children's literature -- Othering the sense: language and (mis)communication -- Othering the genre: fantasy and realism -- Othering the child: George MacDonald's fairy tales -- Othering the future: stereotypes of dystopia -- Othering the setting: orientalism and Robinsonade -- Othering gender: new masculinities, new femininities -- Othering the voice: crossvocalization and performance -- Othering ideology: literature in society's service -- Othering the species: the (ab)use of animals -- Othering the visual: power structures in picturebooks -- Othering the reader: identification fallacy -- Conclusion: The adult's self-denial.

ISBN

• 9780415802154 (hbk)
• 0415802156 (hbk)
• 9780203866924 (ebk)
• 0203866924 (ebk)

LCCN

^^2009016778

OCLC

• 298181927
• SCSB-11183124

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library