Writing the Australian Child: Texts and Contexts in Fictions for ChildrenClare Bradford This collection of essays redresses the paucity of literary critical material explicitly theorising text created for children. Drawing on Australian children's books and a range of theoretical perspectives, the essays consider a variety of topics, from clothed animals as metafictional markers to post-modern versions of Peter Pan. |
Contents
Subjectivity and | 17 |
Repression | 55 |
ALICE MILLS Aphrodite in a Blue Dress | 76 |
Postcolonial | 92 |
The Construction | 111 |
LEONIE RUTHERFORD Finding the Mother Finding the Child | 126 |
JOHN STEPHENS Childrens Literature Interdisciplinarity | 161 |
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS | 181 |
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Writing the Australian Child: Texts and Contexts in Fictions for Children Clare Bradford No preview available - 1996 |
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