| Description |
1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table ofContents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Prejudice in Children's Books; Guidelines; 1. Illustrations; 2. Story line; 3. Lifestyles; 4. Relationships; 5. Heroes and heroines; 6. Effects on a child's self-image; 7. Author's and illustrator's backgrounds; 8. Author's perspective; 9. Language; 10. Date; The relevance of the guidelines to children's books; Influential books about racism and sexism; Two controversial texts; Conclusion; References; 2. Children and Literature; The power of books; Children and literature; Authors and ideology |
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The ways in which ideology is conveyedThe portrayal of character; Narrative, dialogue, point ofview and intertextuality; Plot structures; Humour; Language; The visual aspect; Conclusion; References; 3. Have the 'Classics' Had Their Day?; Race and culture; Shakespeare and Dickens: anti-semitism and the need for a villain; Daniel Defoe and Rudyard Kipling: the myths of empire; Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain: slaves and 'Indians'; Gender in boys' and girls' books: Alcott, Coolidge and others; Disability and children's classics; Conclusion; References |
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4. Prejudice and Children's Popular FictionWhat do children choose to read?; (a) Gender stereotyping; (b) Racial stereotyping; (c) Violence; (d) Insensitive treatment of age or disability; Continuity and change: popular authors, past and present; Comics and magazines for the younger reader; Books and magazines for the pre-teens; Teenage reading; Conclusion; References; 5. Anti-Sexist and Emancipatory Books; Male and female central characters; Animal fiction; Stereotyping and the reader: folk and fairy tale; Non-sexist and anti-sexist fiction; Feminist and emancipatory fiction |
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Emancipatory fiction and male charactersConclusion; References; 6. 'Race' and Ethnic Identity; Writers and readers; 'Political correctness' and anti-racism; Emancipatory books; Black characters in our multi-ethnic society; Political aspects of children's texts; Fantasy and folk tale; Conclusion; References; 7. Literature, Language and Culture; 'Foreign' languages and cultures; Learning our language and culture; Cultures on the fringes of society; The representation of dialect; Conclusion; References; 8. Literature and Society: Age and Disability; Sensory and mobility difficulties |
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The incidental approachThe realistic mode; Fantasy fiction, historical fiction, and picture books; Language and learning disabilities; The elderly in recent fiction for children; 'Political' issues; Conclusion; References; 9. Equality and Information Books; Reading schemes and alphabet books; Reference books; Children's preferences concerning information books; Conclusion; References; 10. Literature, Equality and the Classroom; The roots of people's attitudes towards equality; The variety of responses to literature; Teachers and librarians; The curriculum in English and Welsh Schools |
| Summary |
First published in 1997 |
| Notes |
Practical suggestions |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Children -- Books and reading -- Political aspects
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Prejudices in literature.
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Politics and literature.
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Equality in literature.
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Canon (Literature)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Books & Reading.
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Canon (Literature)
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Children -- Books and reading -- Political aspects
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Equality in literature
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Politics and literature
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Prejudices in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134091027 |
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1134091028 |
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