| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) |
| Series |
Critical approaches to children's literature |
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Critical approaches to children's literature.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Stepping Out into the World: Series and Internationalism; Karen Sands-O'Connor -- PART I: NINETEENTH CENTURY SERIES GO ABROAD -- 2. Young Americans Abroad: Jacob Abbott's Rollo on the Grand Tour and Nineteenth-Century Travel Books; Chris Nesmith -- 3. Our Girls in the Family of Nations: Girls' Culture and Empire in Victorian Girls' Magazines; Janis Dawson -- PART II: SYNDICATES, EMPIRES, AND POLITICS -- 4. The Stratemeyer Chums Have Fun in the Caribbean: America and Empire in Children's Series; Karen Sands-O'Connor -- 5. 'A Really Big Theme': Americanization and World Peace--Internationalism and/as Nationalism in Lucy Fitch Perkins's Twins Series; Jani L. Barker -- 6. 'A Bit of Life Actually Lived in a Foreign Land': Internationalism as World Friendship in Children's Series; Marietta A. Frank -- 7. Lost Cities: Generic Conventions, Hidden Places, and Primitivism in Juvenile Series Mysteries; Michael G. Cornelius -- 8. ''But why are you so foreign?'': Blyton and Blighty; David Rudd -- PART III: TRANSLATING HISTORIES AND CULTURES -- 9. 'Universal Republic of Children?': 'Other' Children in "Dogan Kardes" Children's Periodical; Deniz Arzuk -- 10. Wizard in Translation: Linguistic and Cultural Concerns in Harry Potter; Hilary Brewster -- 11. ''Hungry Ghosts'': Kirsty Murray's Irish-Australian Children of the Wind Series; Charlotte Beyer -- 12. Building Bridges to Intercultural Understanding: The Other in Contemporary Irish Children's Literature; Patricia Kennon |
| Summary |
Internationalism in Children's Series investigates 'internationalism' through various cultural, historical and theoretical lenses in series created for a child readership. Using the familiarity of the series character and format to form a bridge to the wider world, authors from the nineteenth century to contemporary times have expanded the definition of internationalism. This volume examines these definitions as they vary from series to series and even book to book in a rapidly changing, ever-shrinking world. Series with a specific international focus, such as The Twins of the World series that take an occasional trip outside of their home country, such as the various Stratemeyer Syndicate series, as well as those which are 'accidentally' international, such as Enid Blyton's various series, all contribute to a child's understanding of global integration. From imperialism to transnationalism, from Tom Swift to Harry Potter, this book addresses the unique ability of series to introduce children to the world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Electronic resource, viewed: February 22, 2024 |
| Subject |
Children's literature in series -- History and criticism
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Internationalism in literature.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Children's literature in series
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Internationalism in literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sands-O'Connor, Karen, editor.
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Frank, Marietta, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781137360311 |
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1137360313 |
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