Child Activist Literature at the Turn of the 2020s: From Kids You Read About to Kids You Read
Author:   Niall C. Nance-Carroll
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9781666952827


Pages:   154
Publication Date:   31 October 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Child Activist Literature at the Turn of the 2020s: From Kids You Read About to Kids You Read looks at how today’s child activists are not just followers in their forekids’ footsteps, but blazers of new pathways, employing sophisticated rhetorical strategies that invert and subvert conventional thinking on the roles of children in politics. These young activists situate their work within a dense web of texts—the ones they read, the ones they write, and the ones that they expect adults to deploy to dismiss them. Nance-Carroll analyzes texts authored by child activists alongside narratives of youth activism in literature and media and the stories activists tell about themselves and their work, exploring issues of influence, inspiration, and authorship in child activist literature, as a growing body of work challenges not just adults’ assumptions about children and politics, but also some fundamental disciplinary tenets of children’s and young adult literature.

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Author:   Niall C. Nance-Carroll
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781666952827


ISBN 10:   1666952826
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   31 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Consider the Children Chapter One: Kids You Read About in School: Narratives of Child Activism in K-12 Curricula Chapter Two: Hopes and Fears: Fictions of Young People Taking Charge Chapter Three: Is the Political Arena Any Place for a Child? Adult Ambivalence toward Children as Political Subjects Chapter Four: Citizens, Enforcers, and Messengers from the Future: Rhetorical Strategies of Young Activists Chapter Five: The Unfinished Business of Intergenerational Activism Chapter Six: Welcome to the Evolving Struggle: Young Activists’ How-Tos for the 2020s Conclusion: Troubling Children’s Literature: Youth Activism and Authorship Bibliography About the Author

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Niall C. Nance-Carroll is instructor of children’s and young adult literature at Eastern Illinois University.

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