Mallan Secrets, Lies and Children’s Fiction

2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-27466-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 238 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature

Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a necessary means of survival for individuals, families, governments, and animals.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mallan, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION: THE BURDEN OF TRUTH PART I: TRUTH, LIES, AND SURVIVAL 1. Unveiling the truth 2. Lies of Necessity 3. The scapegoat PART II: SECRETS AND SECRECY 4. Secrets of State 5. Secret Societies 6. Our Secret Selves PART III: TANGLED WEBS 7. Mendacious Animals 8. Artful Deception Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Kerry Mallan is Professor and Director of the Children and Youth Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Her previous books include Gender Dilemmas in Children's Fiction (2009) and New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature: Utopian Transformations (with Clare Bradford, John Stephens, and Robyn McCallum, 2008).