{"product_id":"didactics-and-the-modern-robinsonade-new-paradigms-for-young-readers-9781802076882","title":"Didactics and the Modern Robinsonade: New","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDidactics and the Modern Robinsonade\u003c\/i\u003e examines modern and contemporary Robinsonade texts written for young readers, looking specifically at the ways in which later adaptations of the Robinson Crusoe story subvert both traditional narrative structures and particular ideological codes within the genre. This collection redresses both the gender and geopolitical biases that have characterized most writings within the Robinsonade genre since its inception, and includes chapters on little-known works of fiction by female authors, as well as works from outside the mainstream of Anglo-American culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ian Kinane discerns the beginnings of a post-colonial didactics entering the Robinsonade […] Kinane is marking a significant shift away from the Euro-centric Robinsonade’s allegiance to the colonialist ideology that undergrided the genre for two centuries. […] The young reader, viewing the world through Karana or Friday’s eyes, perceives the perversions and injustices of imperial power.'Susan Naramore Maher, \u003ci\u003eChildren’s Literature Association Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword: The Progressive Pedagogies of the Modern Robinsonade - Andrew O’Malley\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Robinsonade Genre and the Didactic Impulse: A Reassessment - Ian Kinane\u003cbr\u003e1. ‘What a Crusoe crowd we shall make!’: Destabilizing Imperialist Attitudes to Space in G. Warren Payne’s \u003ci\u003eThree Boys in Antarctica\u003c\/i\u003e - Sinead Moriarty\u003cbr\u003e2. Borrowing (from) Crusoe: Library Books and Identity Formation in the Irish Free State - Mairéad Mooney and Clíona Ó Gallchoir\u003cbr\u003e3. Navigating Nationhood, Gender, and the Robinsonade in \u003ci\u003eThe Dreams of Myfanwy\u003c\/i\u003e - Siwan M. Rosser\u003cbr\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eCall it Courage\u003c\/i\u003e and the Survival of the Imperial Robinsonade - Clive Barnes\u003cbr\u003e5. Shifting Perspectives in Two Mid-Twentieth Century Robinsonades - Ian Kinane\u003cbr\u003e6. Between \u003ci\u003eCommunitas\u003c\/i\u003e and Pantheism: Terry Pratchett’s \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e as a Post-Christian Robinsonade for a Post-Colonial World - Anja Höing\u003cbr\u003e7. Romance, the Robinsonade, and the Cultivation of Adolescent Female Desire in Libba Bray’s \u003ci\u003eBeauty Queen\u003c\/i\u003es - Amy Hicks\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470079824215,"sku":"9781802076882","price":29.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781802076882.jpg?v=1744897369","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/didactics-and-the-modern-robinsonade-new-paradigms-for-young-readers-9781802076882","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}