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Gendered and Cultural Paradoxes in Trans-themed Children’s Literature book cover

1st Edition

Gendered and Cultural Paradoxes in Trans-themed Children’s Literature

By Dena Attar Copyright 2026
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge
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This groundbreaking volume delves into a diverse selection of trans-themed children’s and adolescent literature published over the past 25 years, spanning everything from picturebooks to young adult novels. These stories, often at the centre of heated debates, have sparked both widespread acclaim and fierce backlash. Through a critical lens, this volume examines how these works challenge – or, at... Read more

1          Introduction:  Dangerous Adventures                                                            

2          Contexts:  Situated Subjects, Books and Readers                                                     

3          Clouds of Unknowing:  Situated Scholarship                                   

4          Voices at the Tea Table:  Readers’ Reviews                                       

5          The Mermaid Paradox                                               

6          A Boy-imagined Girlhood:  George/Melissa                                                

7          A Girl-imagined Boyhood:  Parrotfish                                                         

8          Boy-imagined Girlhoods: Outshining Girls                                      

9          Gender Paradoxes                                                                                          

10        Conclusion:   Respecting Young Readers      

Biography

Dena Attar chaired The Open University’s third-level undergraduate course in Children’s Literature from 2009 to 2017. She is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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