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Over the Rainbow
Michelle Ann Abate (Ed.)
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Description for Over the Rainbow
Paperback. Editor(s): Abate, Michelle Ann. Num Pages: 416 pages, figures. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 617.
In spite of the growing critical interest concerning gender and sexual nonnormativity in and around narratives written for young readers, no book-length volume on the subject has yet appeared. Over the Rainbow: Queer Children's and Young Adult Literature is the first collection of essays dedicated to LGBTQ issues in children's literature. Bringing together significant essays and introducing new work, Over the Rainbow is intended to serve both as a scholarly reference and as a textbook for students of children's studies; gender/queer studies; and related disciplines such as English, history, sociology, and education. Editors Michelle Ann Abate and Kenneth Kidd showcase ... Read more
In spite of the growing critical interest concerning gender and sexual nonnormativity in and around narratives written for young readers, no book-length volume on the subject has yet appeared. Over the Rainbow: Queer Children's and Young Adult Literature is the first collection of essays dedicated to LGBTQ issues in children's literature. Bringing together significant essays and introducing new work, Over the Rainbow is intended to serve both as a scholarly reference and as a textbook for students of children's studies; gender/queer studies; and related disciplines such as English, history, sociology, and education. Editors Michelle Ann Abate and Kenneth Kidd showcase ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472051465
SKU
V9780472051465
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99-3
About Michelle Ann Abate (Ed.)
Kenneth Kidd is Associate Professor of English at the University of Florida. Michelle Abate is Associate Professor of English at Hollins University.
Reviews for Over the Rainbow
For each group of essays, Abate and Kidd raise questions ... about 'the canon' and the relationship between queerness and canonicity; identity politics and the transformative power of children's literature; and how queerness moves among nonnormative readers, reading practices, and genres. Taken together, these tensions highlight the fundamental questions underpinning queer approaches to children's and young adult literature, which scholars ... Read more