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Author:   Professor Kate Douglas (Flinder's University, Australia) ,  Anna Poletti (Utretch University Netherlands) ,  John David Zuern (University of Hawai?i at Manoa USA) ,  Kate Douglas (Flinder's University Australia)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781350236363

ISBN 10:   1350236365
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   22 September 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: “Children and Life Narrative: Reading, Writing and Influence” Section 1: Biography, History and Knowledge Chapter One: “Biographies for children: a literary and cultural history” Chapter Two: “Little people, big dreams: biographies of the ‘great’” Chapter Three: “Making History, Changing the World: Science and History for children” Section 2: New Heroes Chapter Four: “Young heroes and Rebel Girls” Chapter Five: “Children’s Picture Books, asylum-seeking and citizenship” Chapter Six: “Tales of Trusty Hounds: posthuman biography for children.” Section three: New Directions—Life narratives by Children and Youth Chapter Seven: “Children’s life narratives of asylum-seeking: displacement, testimony and the ethics of witnessing” Chapter Eight: “Kids Like to Tell Stories about Others: Children and Biographical Practice” Chapter Nine: “Children’s Life Narrative during COVID-19—My Lockdown Diary” Conclusion Bibliography Index

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This is an essential book. In this wide-ranging study, Kate Douglas asks us to reconsider biography, by and for children, as acts of representation, inspiration, and education. The book moves effortlessly across theoretical disciplines, taking in an impressive variety of texts. The inclusion of children's voices and the respect given to their reading lives is a model. * Professor Claire Lynch, Brunel University London, UK *

This is an essential book. In this wide-ranging study, Kate Douglas asks us to reconsider biography, by and for children, as acts of representation, inspiration, and education. The book moves effortlessly across theoretical disciplines, taking in an impressive variety of texts. The inclusion of children’s voices and the respect given to their reading lives is a model. * Professor Claire Lynch, Brunel University London, UK *

Author Information

Kate Douglas is Professor in English at Flinders University, Australia. She is the author of Contesting Childhood: Autobiography, Trauma and Memory (2010) and the co-author of Life Narratives and Youth Culture: Representation, Agency and Participation (2016, with Anna Poletti). Her edited collections include (with Ashley Barnwell) Research Methodologies for Auto/Biography Studies (2019). Kate is Head of the steering committee for the International Auto/Biography Association’s Asia-Pacific chapter.

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