The Feminine Subject in Children's Literature
Download or Read eBook The Feminine Subject in Children's Literature PDF written by Christine Wilkie-Stibbs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Christine Wilkie-Stibbs |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2013-12-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781136699856 |
ISBN-13 | : 1136699856 |
Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Feminine Subject in Children's Literature by : Christine Wilkie-Stibbs
Book excerpt: This book builds upon and contributes to the growing academic interest in feminism within the field of children's literature studies. Christie Wilkie-Stibbs draws upon the work of Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous, Julia Kristeva, and Jacques Lacan in her analysis of particular children's literature texts to demonstrate how a feminist analysis opens up textual possibilities that may be applied to works of children's fiction in general, extending the range of textual engagements in children's literature through the application of a new poststructural critical apparati.