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'Every now and then a book comes along that changes a discipline: New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature steps out of the groove of debates in Children's Literature Studies and sets in motion a set of new ideas and areas for consideration. It draws attention to the way narrative fictions for children are implicated in shaping current thinking and aspirations for the future, and relates them to pressing issues and current political and philosophical debates. Crucially, this is an energising, optimistic and courageous book by four fine scholars; it will set new agendas for those who produce and study children's literature.' - Professor Kimberley Reynolds, Newcastle University, UK
'...a well modulated, coherent monograph which reveals the strengths of all the contributors. The care that has been taken in the editing phase to create the sense of a unified vantage point is worthy of praise in its own right.' - Lydia Kokkola, International Research Society for Children's Literature
About the authors
ROBYN MCCALLUM is a Lecturer in English Literature at Macquarie University, Australia, where she works in children's literature, with a particular focus on adolescent fiction and visual media. Her book Ideologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction received the IRSCL Honour book award in 2001. She is also co-author, with John Stephens, of Retelling Stories, Framing Culture.
KERRY MALLAN is Professor in Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Her resarch interests include all aspects of children's literature and film, with particular focus on gender and sexuality. Her book Youth Cultures: Texts, Images and Identities (co-edited with Sharyn Pearce) won the IRSCL Honour book award 2003.
JOHN STEPHENS is Professor in English at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the author of Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction (a ChLA Honour Book) and edited Ways of Being Male (an IRSCL Honour Book). His research deals with the impact of cultural forms on children's literature.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature
Book Subtitle: Utopian Transformations
Authors: Clare Bradford, Kerry Mallan, John Stephens, Robyn McCallum
Series Title: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582583
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-02005-4Published: 13 March 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-30856-5Published: 13 March 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-58258-3Published: 13 March 2008
Series ISSN: 2753-0825
Series E-ISSN: 2753-0833
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 213
Topics: Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Fiction, Twentieth-Century Literature, Children's Literature