Looking glasses and neverlands : Lacan, desire, and subjectivity in children's literature /

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This groundbreaking study introduces and explores Lacan's complex theories of subjectivity and desire through close readings of canonical children's books such as Charlotte's Web, Stellaluna, Holes, Tangerine, and The Chocolate War, providing an introduction to an increasingly influen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Coats, Karen, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Children's literature > Psychological aspects.
Children's literature > Social aspects.
Littérature de jeunesse > Aspect psychologique.
Littérature de jeunesse > Aspect social.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature.
Children's literature > Psychological aspects
Children's literature > Social aspects
Jeugdliteratuur.
Subjectiviteit.
Lusten.
Psychologische aspecten.
Literature.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The subject of children's literature
  • How to save your life: lessons from a runt pig
  • A time to mourn: the loss of the mother
  • Mourning into dancing: recuperating the loss of the mother
  • Looking glasses and neverlands: beyond the symbolic
  • "I never explain anything": children's literature and sexuation
  • Blinded by the white: the responsibilities of race
  • Abjection and adolescent fiction: ways out
  • Postmoderns at the gates of dawn.

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