Internationalism in Children's Series [electronic resource] /
Sands-O'Connor, K.editor.
Frank, M.editor.
Internationalism in Children's Series brings together international children's literature scholars who interpret 'internationalism' through various cultural, historical and theoretical lenses. From imperialism to transnationalism, from Tom Swift to Harry Potter, this book addresses the unique ability of series to introduce children to the world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Stepping Out into the World: Series and Internationalism; Part I: Nineteenth-Century Series Go Abroad; 2 Young Americans Abroad: Jacob Abbott''s Rollo on the Grand Tour and Nineteenth-Century Travel Series Books; 3 Our Girls in the Family of Nations: Girls'' Culture and Empire in Victorian Girls'' Magazines; Part II: Syndicates, Empires, and Politics; 4 The Stratemeyer Chums Have Fun in the Caribbean: America and Empire in Children''s Series
5 ''A really big theme'': Americanization and World Peace - Internationalism and/as Nationalism in Lucy Fitch Perkins''s Twins Series6 ''A bit of life actually lived in a foreign land'': Internationalism as World Friendship in Children''s Series; 7 Lost Cities: Generic Conventions, Hidden Places, and Primitivism in Juvenile Series Mysteries; 8 ''But why are you so foreign?'': Blyton and Blighty; Part III: Translating Histories and Cultures; 9 ''Universal Republic of Children?'': ''Other'' Children in Doĝan Kardeş Children''s Periodical
10 Wizard in Translation: Linguistic and Cultural Concerns in Harry Potter11 ''Hungry ghosts'': Kirsty Murray''s Irish-Australian Children of the Wind Series; 12 Building Bridges to Intercultural Understanding: The Other in Contemporary Irish Children''s Literature; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Internationalism in Children's Series brings together international children's literature scholars who interpret 'internationalism' through various cultural, historical and theoretical lenses. From imperialism to transnationalism, from Tom Swift to Harry Potter, this book addresses the unique ability of series to introduce children to the world.
Children's literature.
Children's Literature.