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Bush, city, cyberspace : the development of Australian children's literature into the twenty-first century / John Foster, Ern Finnis and Maureen Nimon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Foster, John (John Elwall)
- Series:
- Literature and literacy for young people ; 6.
- Literature and Literacy for Young People, 1325-4219 ; Number 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's literature, Australian--History and criticism.
- Children's literature, Australian.
- Children--Books and reading--Australia--History--21st century.
- Children.
- Young adult literature, Australian--History and criticism.
- Young adult literature, Australian.
- Teenagers--Books and reading--Australia--History--21st century.
- Teenagers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Wagga Wagga, New South Wales : Centre for Information Studies, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Aimed at academic, professional and general readers, Bush, city, cyberspace provides a snapshot of the state of Australian children's and adolescent literature in the early twenty-first century, and an insight into its history. In doing so, it promotes a sense of where Australian literature for young people may be going and captures a literary and critical mood with which readers in Australia and beyond will identify. The title of the work is intended to capture the fact that the field has changed dramatically in the century and a half that 'Australian children's literature' has existed, from
- Contents:
- Cover; BUSH, CITY, CYBERSPACE:The Development of Australian Children'sLiterature into the Twenty-first Century; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; Note; CHAPTER 1 The origins of Australian children's literature; Further reading; CHAPTER 2 On being Australian: The Gallipolli legend; CHAPTER 3 Migration and national identity; CHAPTER 4 White voices/black voices: Indigenous children's literature; Further reading; CHAPTER 5 The role and significance of the natural environment; Further reading
- CHAPTER 6 Negotiating the maze of life 1: Focus on the familyFurther reading; CHAPTER 7 Negotiating the maze of life 2: Additional dilemmas for today's children and adolescents; CHAPTER 8 Future histories of Australia; CHAPTER 9 The hero and the quest: From Dot and the kangaroo to Dragonkeeper; Further reading; CHAPTER 10 Popular fiction for the cyber-generation; Further reading; CHAPTER 11 Australian children's poetry; CHAPTER 12 Australian picture books; Further reading; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78063-415-3
- OCLC:
- 871225273
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