This volume visits death in children's literature from around the world, making a substantial contribution to the dialogue between the expanding fields of Childhood Studies, Children's Literature, and Death Studies. Considering both textual and pictorial representations of death, contribut...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Clement, Lesley D. 1951- (HerausgeberIn), Jamali, Leyli (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018
Ausgabe:	First issued in paperback
Schriftenreihe:	Children's Literature and Culture
Schlagworte:	Tod > Motiv Kinderliteratur Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	This volume visits death in children's literature from around the world, making a substantial contribution to the dialogue between the expanding fields of Childhood Studies, Children's Literature, and Death Studies. Considering both textual and pictorial representations of death, contributors focus on the topic of death in children's literature as a physical reality, a philosophical concept, a psychologically challenging adjustment, and/or a social construct. Essays covering literature from the US, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada, the UK, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, India, and Iran display a diverse range of theoretical and cultural perspectives. Carefully organized sections interrogate how classic texts have been adapted for the twenty-first century, how death has been politicized, ritualized, or metaphorized, and visual strategies for representing death, and how death has been represented within the context of play. Asking how different cultures present the concept of death to children, this volume is the first to bring together a global range of perspective on death in children's literature and will be a valuable contribution to an array of disciplines
Beschreibung:	xiv, 282 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:	9781138547711 9781138815247