Secrets, Lies and Children’s Fiction

K. Mallan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

238 Seiten

2013 | 1st ed. 2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-44578-3 (ISBN)

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Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a necessary means of survival for individuals, families, governments, and animals.

Kerry Mallan is Professor and Director of the Children and Youth Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Her previous books include Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction (2009) and New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations (with Clare Bradford, John Stephens, and Robyn McCallum, 2008).

INTRODUCTION: THE BURDEN OF TRUTH PART I: TRUTH, LIES, AND SURVIVAL 1. Unveiling the truth 2. Lies of Necessity 3. The scapegoat PART II: SECRETS AND SECRECY 4. Secrets of State 5. Secret Societies 6. Our Secret Selves PART III: TANGLED WEBS 7. Mendacious Animals 8. Artful Deception Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
Zusatzinfo	14 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 238 p. 14 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Children's fiction • Dishonesty • Honesty • Secrets • Young Adult
ISBN-10	1-349-44578-9 / 1349445789
ISBN-13	978-1-349-44578-3 / 9781349445783
Zustand	Neuware