The Big Smallness: Niche Marketing, the American Culture Wars, and the New Children's Literature

By Michelle Ann Abate

Book Overview

This book explores the growing cadre of contemporary amateur-authored, independently-published, niche-market picture books. These texts embody a shift in how narratives for young people are being creatively conceived, materially constructed, and socially consumed in the US. Abate shows how these titles enter into ongoing partisan conflicts, whil

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367875039
• ISBN13: 9780367875039
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"