Subjectivity in Asian children's literature and film : global theories and implications / edited by John Stephens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stephens, John, 1944-

Series:

Children's Literature and Culture

Children's literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Children's literature.

Children's literature, Asian--History and criticism.

Children's literature, Asian.

Children's films--History and criticism.

Children's films.

Children's films--Asia--History and criticism.

Children--Books and reading.

Children.

Children--Books and reading--Asia.

Subjectivity in literature.

Subjectivity in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This volume establishes a dialogue between East and West in children's literature scholarship. In all cultures, children's literature shows a concern to depict identity and individual development, so that character and theme pivot on questions of agency and the circumstances that frame an individual's decisions and capacities to make choices and act upon them. Such issues of selfhood fall under the heading subjectivity. Attention to the representation of subjectivity in literature enables us to consider how values are formed and changed, how emotions are cultivated, and how maturation is experienced. Because subjectivities emerge in social contexts, they vary from place to place. This book brings together essays by scholars from several Asian countries--Japan, India, Pakistan, Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Australia, Thailand, and The Philippines--which address subjectivities in fiction and film within frameworks which include social change, multiculturalism, post-colonialism, globalization, and glocalization. Few scholars of western children's literature have a ready understanding of what subjectivity entails in children's literature and film from Asian countries, especially where Buddhist or Confucian thought remains influential. This volume will impact scholarship and pedagogy both within the countries represented and in countries with established traditions in teaching and research, offering a major contribution to the flow of ideas between different academic and educational cultures"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

SUBJECTIVITY IN ASIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND FILM Global Theories and Implications; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editor's Foreword; Naming Conventions; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Politics of Identity: A Transcultural Perspective on Subjectivity in Writing for Children; Chapter 2 Metamorphosis: The Emergence of Glocal Subjectivities in the Blend of Global, Local, East, and West; Chapter 3 The Muslima within American Children's Literature:Female Identity and Subjectivity in Novels about Pakistani-Muslim Characters

Chapter 4 Cooperation and Negotiation: Formation of Subjectivity in Japanese and Australian Picture BooksChapter 5 Subjectivity and Culture Consciousness in Chinese Children's Literature; Chapter 6 "How Can I Be the Protagonist of My Own Life?":Intimations of Hope for Teen Subjectivities in Korean Fiction and Film; Chapter 7 Contingent Subjectivity and Masculinity in Japanese Film for Young People; Chapter 8 Strong Is Beautiful: A Thai-Thai Happiness; Chapter 9 Subjectivity and Ethnicity in Vietnamese Folktales with Metamorphosed Heroes

Chapter 10 All Is Relative, Nothing Is Reliable: Inuyasha and Japanese SubjectivitiesChapter 11 Strategic Empowerment: A Study of Subjectivity in Contemporary Indian English Children's Fiction; Chapter 12 Subjectivity without Identity: Huang Chunming's Fiction in Postcolonial Vein; Chapter 13 Scrivener's Progeny: Writing the Subject; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-22800-4

0-203-09864-1

1-283-84307-2

1-136-22801-2

9780203098646

OCLC:

819380301