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Children's Fiction about 9/11: Ethnic, National and Heroic Identities

Children's Fiction about 9/11: Ethnic, National and Heroic Identities

Lampert, Jo

Hardcover

Series: Children's Literature and Culture

Gifts & Stationery GeneralLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 0415996309
ISBN13: 9780415996303
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 1 2009
Pages: 204
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In this pioneering and timely book, Lampert examines the ways in which cultural identities are constructed within young adult and children's literature about the attacks of September 11, 2001. Looking at examples including picture books, young adult novels, and a selection of DC Comics, Lampert finds the co-mingling of xenophobia and tolerance, the binaried competition between good and evil and global harmony and national insularity, and the glorification of both the commonplace hero and the super-human. Specifically, Lampert identifies three significant identity categories encoded in 9/11 books for children--ethnic identities, national identities, and heroic identities--arguing that their formation is contingent upon post-9/11 politics. These shifting identities offer implicit and explicit accounts of what constitute good citizenship, loyalty to nation and community, and desirable attributes in a Western post-9/11 context.

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