Literary Cultures and Twenty-First-Century Childhoods

Table of Contents







Introduction: Twenty-First Century Literary Cultures and Childhoods



Nathalie op de Beeck







I. Children's Rights and Role Models







Children's Right to Participate: Insights from the Story of Malala



Jonathan Todres







The Wisdom of Getting Involved: Civic Engagement in Contemporary Egyptian Children's Literature



Yasmine Motawy







Bright Pasts, Brighter Futures: Biographies for Children in the Early Twenty-First Century



Clementine Beauvais







II. Social Justice and Diversity in Literature for Young Readers







"We Need Diverse Books": Diversity, Activism, and Children's Literature



Sarah Park Dahlen







What Having Two Mommies Looks Like Now: Queer Picture Books in the Twenty-First Century



Derritt Mason







III. Representing Youth, Claiming Identity, and Exercising Agency







Laughing Out Loud or Lost in the Woods? Tween Girl Identity in Picturebooks and Graphic Novels for Children

Nina Christensen







"Ganesha Is My Best Friend": Homological Boyhood in Hindi Mythological Animated Films



Anuja Madan







Brazilian Childhood and Literature in the Age of Digital Technologies



Edgar Roberto Kirchof







IV. Coming of Age in the Anthropocene







Animals in Children's Development: A Roadmap for the Twenty-First Century



Gail F. Melson







Examining Animal Bodies in War-Related Media for Children



Amy Ratelle







The Power and Potential: An Ecocritical Reading of Twenty-First Century Childhood



Alice Curry




V. Contributors






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• Estudos de literatura infantil : geral
• História social e cultural
• Estudos literários: desde ~ 1900
• Sociologia, família e relacionamentos
• Estudos cultirais

Children's literature;Human rights;Justice;Identity;Media;childhood studies