Something to crow about
Subtitle: new perspectives in literature for young people
By: edited by Susan Clancy with David Gilbey
Contributors: Australasian Children's Literature Association for Research (ACLAR) (2nd : 1998 : Wagga Wagga, Australia)
Series: Literature and literacy for young people : an Australian series -- no. 4; Literature and literacy for young people : an Australian series -- no. 4.
Publisher: Centre for Information Studies in association with the Australasian Children's Literature Association for Research
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780949060945
Subjects: Children's literature, Australian; History and criticism; Congresses; Australian Young adult literature; Australian Yound adult literature
Notes: A collection of refereed papers from the 1998 ACLAR Conference, held at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. Theoretical considerations. Children's literature, text and theory : what are we interested in now? / John Stephens; title: This little piggy went to market : some perspectives on Australian children's publishing since 1945 / Robyn Sheahan-Bright; title: pt. II. Postcolonial tensions. Challenging places : England vs the Antarctic end of the world / Robin Pope; title: Postcolonialism and language use in Australian children's literature : a case study of The children of Mirrabooka / Monica Jarman; title: pt. III. Representing the visual. Constructing neonarratives : an approach to research of artistic practice / Kerry Mallan; title: Neither slogging at tuck nor living off the land : food in Australian picture books / Robin Morrow; title: Double vision : poem, picture and imagination / Alison Halliday; title: pt. IV. Gendered subjects. Embodied subjectivities : female-authored texts and female friendships / Clare Bradford; title: Shaping girls in an Australian context : Constance Mackness, educator and author (1882-1973) / Pam Macintyre; title: Masculinity and animal metamorphosis in children's literature / Jo Coward; title: pt. V. Rich diversity. Narrativity in factual writing / Jill Holt; title: Treading a fine line : Morris Gleitzman's provocative fiction / Jeri Kroll; title: Elective mutes in four contemporary books for children / Carlisle Sheridan; title: Traditional literature in a contemporary text and contexts / John Tingay.