Representations of Technology in Science Fiction for Young People

ISBN-13: 9780415989510 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 198 str.

Noga Applebaum

Opis

This text explores representations of modern technology in contemporary science fiction for young people. It exposes the anti-technological bias and suggests that this bias is a form of resistance to the changing face of childhood and technology's contribution to this change.

In this study about the representations of modern technology in contemporary science fiction for children and young adults, Applebaum exposes the anti-technological bias existing within a genre usually associated with celebrating technology, and suggests that at the heart of this bias is adults’ fear that children, perceived as being more comfortable and skilled with certain technologies, will use them to upset the existing adult-child power hierarchy. Although focusing on the popular genre of science fiction as a useful case study, Applebaum demonstrates that negative attitudes to technology exist within children’s literature in general.

Recenzje

'Representations of Technology in Science Fiction for Young People is a provocative and invaluable book, especially because it forces us to confront and reevaluate our anxieties about technology and childhood.' - Journal of Children's Literature Studies

O autorze

Noga Applebaum has a PhD in Children’s Literature from Roehampton University. She lectures in Children's Literature at the Open University and teaches Creative Writing at the Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute in London.