Literary Cultures and Twenty-First-Century Childhoods (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

In the early decades of the twenty-first century, we are grappling with the legacies of past centuries and their cascading effects upon children and all people. We realize anew how imperialism, globalization, industrialization, and revolution continue to reshape our world and that of new generations. At a volatile moment, this collection asks how twenty-first century literature and related media represent and shape the contemporary child, childhood, and youth. Because literary representations construct ideal childhoods as well as model the rights, privileges, and respect afforded to actual young people, this collection surveys examples from popular culture and from scholarly practice. Chapters investigate the human rights of children in literature and international policy; the potential subjective agency and power of the child; the role models proposed for young people; the diverse identities children embody and encounter; and the environmental well-being of future human and nonhuman generations. As a snapshot of our developing historical moment, this collection identifies emergent trends, considers theories and critiques of childhood and literature, and observes how new technologies and paradigms are destabilizing past conventions of storytelling and lived experience.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Literary Cultures and Childhoods
Release date:	August 2021
First published:	2020
Editors:	Nathalie Op de Beeck
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	279
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-032148-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Children's literature studies Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	3-03-032148-7
Barcode:	9783030321482

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