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British Working-Class Writing for Children
Haru Takiuchi
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Description for British Working-Class Writing for Children
Hardback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; F. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book explores how working-class writers in the 1960s and 1970s significantly reshaped British children’s literature through their representations of working-class life and culture. Aidan Chambers, Alan Garner and Robert Westall were examples of what Richard Hoggart termed ‘scholarship boys’: working-class individuals who were educated out of their class through grammar school education. This book highlights the role these writers played in changing the publishing and reviewing practices of the British children's literature industry while offering new readings of their novels featuring scholarship boys. As well as drawing on the work of Raymond Williams and Pierre Bourdieu, and referring to studies of ... Read more
This book explores how working-class writers in the 1960s and 1970s significantly reshaped British children’s literature through their representations of working-class life and culture. Aidan Chambers, Alan Garner and Robert Westall were examples of what Richard Hoggart termed ‘scholarship boys’: working-class individuals who were educated out of their class through grammar school education. This book highlights the role these writers played in changing the publishing and reviewing practices of the British children's literature industry while offering new readings of their novels featuring scholarship boys. As well as drawing on the work of Raymond Williams and Pierre Bourdieu, and referring to studies of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Series
Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319553894
SKU
V9783319553894
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99-15
About Haru Takiuchi
Haru Takiuchi is Part-Time Lecturer at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He holds a PhD in Children’s Literature from Newcastle University.
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