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Unsettling narratives : postcolonial readings of children's literature / Clare Bradford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bradford, Clare.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's literature--History and criticism.
- Children's literature.
- Children--Books and reading.
- Children.
- Postcolonialism in literature.
- Children's literature--Political aspects.
- Indigenous peoples in literature.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Waterloo, Ont.] : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007.
- Summary:
- Children's books seek to assist children to understand themselves and their world. Unsettling Narratives: Postcolonial Readings of Children's Literature demonstrates how settler-society texts position child readers as citizens of postcolonial nations, how they represent the colonial past to modern readers, what they propose about race relations, and how they conceptualize systems of power and government. Clare Bradford focuses on texts produced since 1980 in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand and includes picture books, novels, and films by Indigenous and n
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I: ""When Languages Collide": Resistance and Representation; II: Place and Postcolonial Significations; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography and References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-269) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786610908004
- 9781280908002
- 1280908009
- 9781554580729
- 1554580722
- 9781429480338
- 1429480335
- OCLC:
- 156998511
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