Research Catalog

Title

Little red readings : historical materialist perspectives on children's literature / edited by Angela E. Hubler.

Publication

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014]

Supplementary Content

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Additional Authors

Hubler, Angela E.

Description

xxvi, 276 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"A significant body of scholarship examines the production of children's literature by women and minorities, as well as the representation of gender, race, and sexuality. But few scholars have previously analyzed class in children's literature. This definitive collection remedies that by defining and exemplifying historical materialist approaches to children's literature. The introduction of Little Red Readings lucidly discusses characteristics of historical materialism, the methodological approach to the study of literature and culture first outlined by Karl Marx, defining key concepts and analyzing factors that have marginalized this tradition, particularly in the United States. The thirteen essays here analyze a wide range of texts--from children's bibles to Mary Poppins to The Hunger Games--using concepts in historical materialism from class struggle to the commodity. Essayists apply the work of Marxist theorists such as Ernst Bloch and Fredric Jameson to children's literature and film. Others examine the work of leftist writers in India, Germany, England, and the United States. The authors argue that historical materialist methodology is critical to the study of children's literature, as children often suffer most from inequality. Some of the critics in this collection reveal the ways that literature for children often functions to naturalize capitalist economic and social relations. Other critics champion literature that reveals to readers the construction of social reality and point to texts that enable an understanding of the role ordinary people might play in creating a more just future. The collection adds substantially to our understanding of the political and class character of children's literature worldwide, and contributes to the development of a radical history of children's literature"--

Series Statement

Children's Literature Association Series

Uniform Title

Children's literature association series.

Subject

• Children's literature > History and criticism
• Class consciousness in literature
• Historical materialism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 14-4853

ISBN

• 9781617039874 (hardback)
• 161703987X (hardback)
• 9781617039881 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013044120

OCLC

867423864

Title

Little red readings : historical materialist perspectives on children's literature / edited by Angela E. Hubler.

Publisher

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2014]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Children's Literature Association Series

Children's literature association series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Hubler, Angela E., editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Little Red Readings Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2014 9781617039881 (DLC) 2014000671

Research Call Number

JFE 14-4853