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Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction
Kerry Mallan
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Description for Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction
Hardcover. Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a necessary means of survival for individuals, families, governments, and animals. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 250 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a necessary means of survival for individuals, families, governments, and animals.
Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a necessary means of survival for individuals, families, governments, and animals.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137274656
SKU
V9781137274656
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Kerry Mallan
Kerry Mallan is Professor and Director of the Children and Youth Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Her previous books include Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction (2009) and New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations (with Clare Bradford, John Stephens, and Robyn McCallum, 2008).
Reviews for Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction
'As Mallan's discussions demonstrate, in terms of moral takes on the value of truth-telling or lying, children's fiction is much more versatile than one first might think... Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction is, truly, a thought-provoking work.' - Sanna Lehtonen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland 'Kerry Mallan's Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction is an important study of books ... Read more