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Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young Readers
Series: Children's Literature and Culture
This book considers one of the most controversial aspects of children’s and young adult literature: its use as an instrument of power. Children in contemporary Western society are oppressed and powerless, yet they are allowed, in fiction written by adults for the enlightenment and enjoyment of...
To Be Published July 10th 2012 by Routledge
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How Picturebooks Work
Series: Children's Literature and Culture
How Picturebooks Work is an innovative and engaging look at the interplay between text and image in picturebooks. The authors explore picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication, and they argue that picturebooks...
Published May 4th 2006 by Routledge
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How Picturebooks Work
Series: Children's Literature and Culture
In How Picturebooks Work, Maria Nikolajeva and Carole Scott explore the dynamic relationship between word and image in children's literature. They treat picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication. As such, the...
Published December 26th 2000 by Routledge
