{"product_id":"new-world-orders-in-contemporary-childrens-literature-utopian-transformations-9780230308565","title":"New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations","description":"This book demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures. The authors explore the ways in which children's texts respond to social change and global politics. The book argues that children's texts are crucially implicated in shaping the values of their readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e C. Bradford, K. Mallan, J. Stephens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230308565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLARE BRADFORD is Professor of Literature at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. She works in children's literature, focusing on postcolonial theory and texts. Her 2001 book \u003cem\u003eReading Race\u003c\/em\u003e won both the ChLA Book Award and also the IRSCL Award. Her most recent book is \u003cem\u003eUnsettling Narratives: Postcolonial Readings of Children's Literature\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eROBYN MCCALLUM is a Lecturer in English Literature at Macquarie University, Australia, where she works in children's literature, with a particular focus on adolescent fiction and visual media. Her book \u003cem\u003eIdeologies of Identity in Adolescent Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e received the IRSCL Honour book award in 2001. She is also co-author, with John Stephens, of \u003cem\u003eRetelling Stories, Framing Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKERRY MALLAN is Professor in Education at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Her resarch interests include all aspects of children's literature and film, with particular focus on gender and sexuality. Her book \u003cem\u003eYouth Cultures: Texts, Images and Identities\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with Sharyn Pearce) won the IRSCL Honour book award 2003. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJOHN STEPHENS is Professor in English at Macquarie University, Australia. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eLanguage and Ideology in Children's Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e (a ChLA Honour Book) and edited \u003cem\u003eWays of Being Male\u003c\/em\u003e (an IRSCL Honour Book). His research deals with the impact of cultural forms on children's literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43201606582387,"sku":"9.78023E+12","price":93.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_85804bce-3aba-47e9-ac61-3edc870572a5.jpg?v=1752839327","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/new-world-orders-in-contemporary-childrens-literature-utopian-transformations-9780230308565","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}