New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations

by John Stephens, Robyn McCallum, Kerry Mallan, et al.

Book Overview

New World Orders demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures. In examining a diverse range of international children's literature and film produced between 1988 and 2006, the authors explore the ways in which children's texts respond to social change and global politics, giving shape to children's perceived anxieties and desires. The book argues that children's texts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230020054
• ISBN13: 9780230020054
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.5"