Voices of the Other: Children's Literature and the Postcolonial Context

by Roderick McGillis

Book Overview

This book offers a variety of approaches to children's literature from a postcolonial perspective that includes discussions of cultural appropriation, race theory, pedagogy as a colonialist activity, and multiculturalism.
The eighteen essays divide into three sections: Theory, Colonialism, Postcolonialism. The first section sets the theoretical framework for postcolonial studies; essays here deal with issues of "otherness" and cultural difference,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415653150
• ISBN13: 9780415653152
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"