(OTs h]Luepe) 16) ahes6jed Teun Cute eel rnc) Orders in Contemporary Children’s Literature steps out of the groove of debates in Children’s Literature Studies and sets in motion a set of new ideas and areas for Se een ka Omri neers implicated in shaping current thinking and aspirations for the future, and relates them to pressing issues and current political and philosophical debates. Crucially, this is an energising, optimistic and courageous book by four fine scholars; it will | Se a eet eee es Sead a aCe ten Cl teed Children’s texts are highly responsive to social change and to global politics, and | are implicated in shaping the values of children and young people. New World CE k CR eR once eae ki et cee oie Ca CTaeN om ental . eae et ccteet eeue Parmar ns discuss how utopian and dystopian tropes are pressed into service to project Peat meta nro about globalisation, neocolonialism, environmental issues, pressures on families See an eae tLe cn Re ee first thorough study of how children’s books imagine and propose possible worlds | Pars Fe Macleod Australia. She works in children’s literature, focusing on postcolonial theory and OCR re ee go ee Rea ee LeU Cony LSet Ca ah eel ee ee ee Oe ee ence Kerry Mallan is Professor in Education at the Queensland University of Ata a A en ene creek a literature and film, with particular focus on gender and sexuality. Her book Youth Cultures: Texts, Images and Identities (co-edited with Sharyn Pearce) won the (Semeur ee Pee ees ea ese ec Mn author of Language and Ideology in Children’s Fiction(a ChLA Honour Book) and edited Ways of Being Male (an IRSCL Honour Book). His research deals with the impact of cultural forms on children’s literature. Robyn McCallum is Lecturer in English Literature at Macquarie University, Australia, where she works in children’s literature, with a particular focus on Pre eeuae eu Ret a Mag nt oe td eMC read Fiction received the IRSCL Honour book award in 2001. She is also the co-author, with John Stephens, of Retelling Stories, Framing Culture. esAlso by Clare Bradford: GENRE IN PERSPECTIVE: A Whole Language Approach READING RACE: Aboriginality in Australian Children’s Literature UNSETTLING NARRATIVES: Postcolonial Readings of Children’s Literature WRITING THE AUSTRALIAN CHILD: Texts and Contexts in Fictions for Children (edited) Also by Kerry Mallan: CHILDREN AS STORYTELLERS IN THE PICTURE: Perspectives on Picture Book Art and Artists LAUGH LINES: Exploring Humour in Children's Literature PERFORMING BODIES: Narrative, Representation, and Children’s Storytelling SERIOUSLY PLAYFUL: Genre, Performance and Text (co-edited with Sharyn Pearce) YOUTH CULTURES: Texts, Images, and Identities (co-edited with Sharyn Pearce) Also by John Stephens: LANGUAGE AND IDEOLOGY IN CHILDREN’S FICTION WAYS OF BEING MALE: Representing Masculinities in Children’s Literature and Film (edited) LITERATURE, LANGUAGE AND CHANGE: From Chaucer to the Present (ca-authored with Ruth Waterhouse) By Robyn McCallum and John Stephens: RETELLING STORIES, FRAMING CULTURI in Children’s Literature Traditional Story and Metanarratives Also by Robyn McCallum: IDEOLOGIES OF IDENTITY IN ADOLESCENT FICTION: The Dialogic Construction of Subjectivity