Tales for Little Rebels
A Collection of Radical Children's Literature
In 1912, a revolutionary chick cries, Strike down the wall!” and liberates itself from the egg state.” In 1940, ostriches pull their heads out of the sand and unite to fight fascism. In 1972, Baby X grows up without a gender and is happy about it.Rather than teaching children to obey authority, to conform, or to seek redemption through prayer, twentieth-century leftists encouraged children to question the authority of those in power. Tales for Little Rebels collects forty-three mostly out-of-print stories, poems, comic strips, primers, and other texts for children that embody this radical tradition. These pieces reflect the concerns of twenti…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Nel, Philip (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-8147-5721-5
- EAN: 9780814757215
- Produktnummer: 17706509
- Verlag: New York University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 313 S.
- Masse: H27.8 cm x B20.3 cm x D1.9 cm 812 g
- Gewicht: 812
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Julia L. Mickenberg (Editor) Julia L. Mickenberg is Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Learning from the Left: Children's Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States.Philip Nel (Editor) Philip Nel is University Distinguished Professor of English at Kansas State University. He is the author or co-editor of eleven books, the most recent of which is Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books.Jack Zipes (Foreword by) Jack Zipes is a preeminent fairy-tale scholar who has written, translated, and edited dozens of books including The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm and Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde. He is Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota.
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