Goodly Is Our Heritage - Children's Literature, Empire, and the Certitude of Character (Paperback)

"Patterns of sublimation begin in childhood. So does binary and hierarchical thinking. The child must be trained to see in oppositions and on a scale of order. So the story of nation and people, race and culture begins as the bedtime story." (The author) How else, asks Rashna Singh, do we explain the uncanny physical resemblance between Osama bin Laden and the evil Jaffar (of Disney's motion picture Aladdin)? Singh provides a most persuasive argument for why these sentiments are both insidious and compelling, and how they resonate to this day. While she includes such classic examples as The Secret Garden, Robinson Crusoe, and the Babar series, it is her inclusion of genuinely neglected fictions that lends her analyses a special richness. In an engaging narrative style, Singh demonstrates how constructions of character evolve into cultural imprints which encourage their young readers to choose the "goodly" side, with little thought of "badly" repercussions.

General

Imprint:	Scarecrow Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2004
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	Rashna B. Singh
Dimensions:	215 x 149 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-0-8108-5043-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Children's literature studies
LSN:	0-8108-5043-5
Barcode:	9780810850439

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