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Contributions by: Robin Calland, Lauren Causey, Karen Coats, Sara
K. Day, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore, Anna Katrina
Gutierrez, Adrienne Kertzer, Kouen Kim, Alexandra Kotanko, Jennifer
Mitchell, Mary Jeanette Moran, Julie Pfeiffer, and Donelle Ruwe.
Living or dead, present or absent, sadly dysfunctional or merrily
adequate, the figure of the mother bears enormous freight across a
child's emotional and intellectual life. Given the vital role
literary mothers play in books for young readers, it is remarkable
how little scholarly attention has been paid to the representation
of mothers outside of fairy tales and beyond studies of gender
stereotypes. This collection of thirteen essays begins to fill a
critical gap by bringing together a range of theoretical
perspectives by a rich mix of senior scholars and new voices. The
range of critical approaches in this volume will provide multiple
inroads for scholars to investigate richer readings of mothers in
children's and young adult literature.
Living or dead, present or absent, sadly dysfunctional or merrily
adequate, the figure of the mother bears enormous freight across a
child's emotional and intellectual life. Given the vital role
literary mothers play in books for young readers, it is remarkable
how little scholarly attention has been paid to the representation
of mothers outside of fairy tales and beyond studies of gender
stereotypes. This collection of thirteen essays begins to fill a
critical gap by bringing together a range of theoretical
perspectives by a rich mix of senior scholars and new voices.
Following an introduction in which the coeditors describe key
trends in interdisciplinary scholarship, the book's first section
focuses on the pedagogical roots of maternal influence in early
children's literature. The next section explores the shifting
cultural perspectives and subjectivities of the twentieth century.
The third section examines the interplay of fantasy, reality, and
the ethical dimensions of literary mothers. The collection ends
with readings of postfeminist motherhood, from contemporary realism
to dystopian fantasy. The range of critical approaches in this
volume will provide multiple inroads for scholars to investigate
richer readings of mothers in children's and young adult
literature.
Contributions by Kelly Blewett, Claudia Camicia, Alisa
Clapp-Itnyre, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Elisabeth Graves, Karlie
Herndon, KaaVonia Hinton, Holly Blackford Humes, Melanie Hurley,
Kara K. Keeling, Maleeha Malik, Claudia Mills, Elena Paruolo, Scott
T. Pollard, Jiwon Rim, Paige Sammartino, Adrianna Zabrzewska, and
Wenduo Zhang First published in 1922 to immediate popularity, The
Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams has never been out of print.
The story has been adapted for film, television, and theater across
a range of mediums including animation, claymation, live action,
musical, and dance. Frequently, the story inspires a sentimental,
nostalgic response-as well as a corresponding dismissive response
from critics. It is surprising that, despite its longevity and
popularity, The Velveteen Rabbit has inspired a relatively thin
dossier of serious literary scholarship, a gap that this volume
seeks to correct. While each essay can stand alone, the chapters in
"The Velveteen Rabbit" at 100 flow in a coherent sequence from
beginning to end, showing connections between readings from a wide
array of critical approaches. Philosophical and cultural studies
lead us to consider the meaning of love and reality in ways both
timeless and temporal. The Velveteen Rabbit is an Anthropocene
Rabbit. He is also disabled. Here a traditional exegetical reading
sits alongside queering the text. Collectively, these essays more
than double the amount of serious scholarship on The Velveteen
Rabbit. Combining hindsight with evolving sensibilities about
representation, the contributors offer thirteen ways of looking at
this Rabbit that Margery Williams gave us-ways that we can also use
to look at other classic storybooks.
Contributions by Kelly Blewett, Claudia Camicia, Alisa
Clapp-Itnyre, Lisa Rowe Fraustino, Elisabeth Graves, Karlie
Herndon, KaaVonia Hinton, Holly Blackford Humes, Melanie Hurley,
Kara K. Keeling, Maleeha Malik, Claudia Mills, Elena Paruolo, Scott
T. Pollard, Jiwon Rim, Paige Sammartino, Adrianna Zabrzewska, and
Wenduo Zhang First published in 1922 to immediate popularity, The
Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams has never been out of print.
The story has been adapted for film, television, and theater across
a range of mediums including animation, claymation, live action,
musical, and dance. Frequently, the story inspires a sentimental,
nostalgic response-as well as a corresponding dismissive response
from critics. It is surprising that, despite its longevity and
popularity, The Velveteen Rabbit has inspired a relatively thin
dossier of serious literary scholarship, a gap that this volume
seeks to correct. While each essay can stand alone, the chapters in
"The Velveteen Rabbit" at 100 flow in a coherent sequence from
beginning to end, showing connections between readings from a wide
array of critical approaches. Philosophical and cultural studies
lead us to consider the meaning of love and reality in ways both
timeless and temporal. The Velveteen Rabbit is an Anthropocene
Rabbit. He is also disabled. Here a traditional exegetical reading
sits alongside queering the text. Collectively, these essays more
than double the amount of serious scholarship on The Velveteen
Rabbit. Combining hindsight with evolving sensibilities about
representation, the contributors offer thirteen ways of looking at
this Rabbit that Margery Williams gave us-ways that we can also use
to look at other classic storybooks.
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