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Knowing their place? : identity and space in children's literature /

Traditionally in the West, children were expected to "know their place," but what does this comprise in a contemporary, globalized world? Does it mean to continue to accept subordination to those larger and more powerful? Does it mean to espouse unthinkingly a notion of national identity?...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Doughty, Terri, 1962-, Thompson, Dawn, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Traditionally in the West, children were expected to "know their place," but what does this comprise in a contemporary, globalized world? Does it mean to continue to accept subordination to those larger and more powerful? Does it mean to espouse unthinkingly a notion of national identity? Or is it about gaining an awareness of the ways in which identity is derived from a sense of place? Where individuals are situated matters as much if not more than it ever has. In children's literature, the ...
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 210 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1443836192
9781443836197
9786613436764
6613436763