Boys in children's literature and popular culture : masculinity, abjection, and the fictional child / Annette Wannamaker.
| Author/creator | Wannamaker, Annette |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, ©2008. |
| Description | xiii, 181 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Children's literature and culture Children's literature and culture. ^A1008050 |
| Contents | Prologue : the rhetoric of the current "boy crisis" -- Introduction : beyond stereotypes and role models : the abject and the American boy -- Me Tarzan, you other : the evolution of an icon -- Reading in the gaps and lacks : (de)constructing masculinity in Louis Sachar's Holes -- "The battle of the Bionic Booger Boy," bodily borders, and B.A.D. boys : pleasure and abjection in the Captain Underpants series -- And Majin Buu said, "I'll eat you up!" : consuming Japanese cultural imports -- Men in cloaks and high-heeled boots, men wielding pink umbrellas : witchy masculinities in the Harry Potter novels -- Conclusion : marking masculinity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-172) and index. |
| LCCN | 2007002634 |
| ISBN | 9780415974691 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415974690 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS 374.C454 W36 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |