New world orders in contemporary children's literature : utopian transformations Bradford, Clare, Mallan, K., Stephens, J. and McCallum, R. 2008, New world orders in contemporary children's literature : utopian transformations, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, United States. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title New world orders in contemporary children's literature : utopian transformations Author(s) Bradford, Clare orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-540X Mallan, K. Stephens, J. McCallum, R. Publication date 2008 Total pages vi, 207 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication New York, United States Keyword(s) Children's stories, English -- History and criticism. Utopias in literature. Utopias in motion pictures. Children -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries. Summary "New World Orders shows how texts for children and young people have responded to the cultural, economic, and political movements of the last 15 years. With a focus on international children's text produced between 1988 and 2006, the authors discuss how utopian and dystopian tropes are pressed into service to project possible futures to child readers. The book considers what these texts have to say about globalisation, neocolonialism, environmental issues, pressures on families and communities, and the idea of the posthuman."--BOOK JACKET. Notes Contents: 1. A New World Order or a New Dark Age? -- 2. Children's Texts, New World Orders and Transformative Possibilities -- 3. Masters, Slaves, and Entrepreneurs: Globalised Utopias and New World Order(ing)s -- 4. The Lure of the Lost Paradise: Postcolonial Utopias -- 5. Reweaving Nature and Culture: Reading Ecocritically -- 6. 'Radiant with Possibility': Communities and Utopianism -- 7. Ties that Bind: Reconceptualising Home and Family --8. The Struggle to be Human in a Posthuman World -- Conclusion: The Future: What are Our Prospects? ISBN 9780230020054 0230020054 Language eng Field of Research 200599 Literary Studies not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category A1 Books - authored - research HERDC collection year 2008 Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30016899 Document type: Book Collection: School of Communication and Creative Arts   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:35:21 EST Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 11:47:08 EST Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 11:49:10 EST Thu, 27 May 2010, 12:23:48 EST Thu, 27 May 2010, 12:25:55 EST Thu, 16 Feb 2012, 09:35:39 EST Mon, 29 Apr 2013, 14:43:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 799 Abstract Views, 15 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:35:21 EST

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