Literary Cultures and Twenty-First-Century Childhoods

Table of Contents

Introduction: Twenty-First Century Literary Cultures and Childhoods

Nathalie op de Beeck

I. Children's Rights and Role Models

Children's Right to Participate: Insights from the Story of Malala

Jonathan Todres

The Wisdom of Getting Involved: Civic Engagement in Contemporary Egyptian Children's Literature

Yasmine Motawy

Bright Pasts, Brighter Futures: Biographies for Children in the Early Twenty-First Century

Clémentine Beauvais

II. Social Justice and Diversity in Literature for Young Readers

"We Need Diverse Books": Diversity, Activism, and Children's Literature

Sarah Park Dahlen 

What Having Two Mommies Looks Like Now: Queer Picture Books in the Twenty-First Century

Derritt Mason

III. Representing Youth, Claiming Identity, and Exercising Agency

Nina Christensen

"Ganesha Is My Best Friend": Homological Boyhood in Hindi Mythological Animated Films

Anuja Madan

Brazilian Childhood and Literature in the Age of Digital Technologies

Edgar Roberto Kirchof 

IV. Coming of Age in the Anthropocene

Animals in Children's Development: A Roadmap for the Twenty-First Century

Gail F. Melson 

Examining Animal Bodies in War-Related Media for Children

Amy Ratelle 

The Power and Potential: An Ecocritical Reading of Twenty-First Century Childhood

Alice Curry 

V. Contributors

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