Wild Things by Sidney I Dobrin
Today's children are occupied with activities taking place in settings that are isolated from nature or are simulations of the earth's natural environment. As a result, unless they receive appropriate nature education, many children may never develop a familiarity with and positive attitudes toward the natural world that are so crucial to its preservation. Wild Things: Children's Culture and Ecocriticism examines the ways in which literature, media, and other cultural forms for young people address nature, place, and ecology. Studies in children's culture and ecocriticism have been largely separate enterprises; Wild Things is the first book to conjoin the two fields. The book provides scholars and teachers with in-depth discussion of particular texts as well as larger historical patterns and theoretical paradigms. Essays focus on classic literary works such as Chariotte's Web and The Lorax as well as series fiction, nature magazines, environmental music and videos, the Muppets and other Jim Henson productions, and Disney's latest theme park, Animal Kingdom. Affording the reader a return to the wild places of childhood - both real and imagined - Wild Things is a first-class explorat
Sidney I. Dobrin is associate professor of English and director of Writing Programs at University of Florida. Kenneth B. Kidd is assistant professor of English at the University of Florida. He is the author of Making American Boys: Boyology and the Feral Tale, forthcoming from the University of Minnesota Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780814330289 |
| ISBN 10 | 0814330282 |
| Titel | Wild Things |
| Autor | Sidney I Dobrin |
| Serie | Landscapes Of Childhood |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Wayne State University Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2004-04-30 |
| Seitenanzahl | 320 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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