Children's Literature is an accessible introduction to this engaging field. Carrie Hintz offers a defining conceptual overview of children's literature that presents its competing histories, its cultural contexts, and the theoretical debates it has instigated. Positioned within the wider field of adult literary, film and television culture, this book also covers: Ideological and political movements Postcolonial literature Children's Literature in the age of globalization Digital media for children, and the impact...

Children's Literature is an accessible introduction to this engaging field. Carrie Hintz offers a defining conceptual overview of children's literature that presents its competing histories, its cultural contexts, and the theoretical debates it has instigated. Positioned within the wider field of adult literary, film and television culture, this book also covers: Ideological and political movements Postcolonial literature Children's Literature in the age of globalization Digital media for children, and the impact...