Politics and Ideology in Children's Literature

This volume examines how children's books retain the ability to transform, activate, indoctrinate or empower their readers. From utopian and dystopian voices to children's literature written in response to war situations to critiques of misogynistic assumptions that normalize or eroticize violence, [...]
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This volume examines how children's books retain the ability to transform, activate, indoctrinate or empower their readers. From utopian and dystopian voices to children's literature written in response to war situations to critiques of misogynistic assumptions that normalize or eroticize violence, these essays demonstrate the potential of children's literature to radically challenge cultural norms. CONTENTS: Clementine Beauvais (U Cambridge), Two aspects of socio-political transformation in children's literature; Jessica d'Eath (NUIG), The emergence of the gallant Fascist in Italian children's literature of the inter-war period; Elizabeth A. Galway (U Lethbridge), The figure of the child in WWI children's literature; Anne Marie Herron (Arts Council), Echoes of the past, aspirations for the future in the teenage novels of Eil s Dillon; Marian Th r se Keyes (DLR Libraries), Portraits and paratexts in the work of Mrs S.C. Hall; Brigitte Le Juez (DCU), Catherine Breillat's cinematic perspective on Bluebeard; ine McGillicuddy (DCU), Out of the Hitler time: a life in exile; Ciara N Bhroin (MIE), Identity and ideology in the work of O.R. Melling; Eithne O'Connell (DCU), Eco-critical perspectives on the life and works of Beatrix Potter; Marion Rana (Johannes Gutenberg U Mainz), Sexualized violence and rape myths in contemporary young adult fiction; Victoria de Rijke (Middlesex U), Bio-political intensity in selected children's fables; Olga Springer (Eberhard Karls U T bingen), The individual and 'they' in Edward Lear's limericks; Susan Tan (U Cambridge), National identity in 'The hunger games'.