Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction

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This engaging study examines diverse genders and sexualities in a wide range of contemporary fiction for children and young people. Mallans insights into key dilemmas arising from the texts treatment of romance, beauty, cyberbodies, queer, and comedy are provocative and trustworthy, and deliver exciting theoretical and social perspectives. No preview available - 2009 - 240 pages

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Title	Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction
Author	Kerry Mallan
Edition	illustrated
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
ISBN	0230202519, 9780230202511
Length	240 pages
Subjects	Children's stories, American Children's stories, American - History and criticism Children's stories, American/ History and criticism Children's stories, Commonwealth (English) Children's stories, Commonwealth (English) - History and criticism Children's stories, Commonwealth (English)/ History and criticism Children's stories, English Children's stories, English - History and criticism Children's stories, English/ History and criticism Feminism in literature Gender identity in literature Homosexuality in literature Human body in literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Juvenile Fiction / Short Stories Literary Criticism / American / General Literary Criticism / Children's Literature Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Feminist Literary Criticism / Gay & Lesbian Literary Criticism / General Sex differences in literature Social Science / Gender Studies