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Political Anxiety in Golden Age Children's Classics and Their Contemporary Adaptations (Hardcover)
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Political Anxiety in Golden Age Children's Classics and Their Contemporary Adaptations (Hardcover)
Series: Buchreihe Der Anglia / Anglia Book Series
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As striking, counter-intuitive and distasteful as the combination
of children and anxiety may seem, some of the most popular
children's classics abound in depictions of traumatic
relationships, bloody wars and helpless heroes. This book draws on
Freudian and Lacanian anxiety models to investigate the
psychological and political significance of this curious
juxtaposition, as it stands out in Golden Age novels from both
sides of the Atlantic and their present-day adaptations. The
stories discussed in detail, so the argument goes, identify
specific anxieties and forms of anxiety management as integral
elements of hegemonial middle-class identity. Apart from its
audacious link between psychoanalysis and Marxist, feminist, as
well as postcolonial ideology criticism, this study provides a
nuanced analysis of the ways in which allegedly trivial texts
negotiate questions of individual and (trans)national identities.
In doing so, it offers a fresh look at beloved tales like Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan,
contributes to the dynamic field of adaptation studies and
highlights the necessity to approach children's entertainment more
seriously and more sensitively than it is generally the case.
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