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A “Choice” Outstanding Academic Title
This groundbreaking study introduces and explores Lacan’s complex theories of subjectivity and desire through close readings of canonical children’s books such as Charlotte’s Web, Stellaluna, Holes, Tangerine, and The Chocolate War, providing an introduction to an increasingly influential body of difficult work while making the claim that children’s textual encounters are as significant as their existential ones in constituting their subjectivities and giving shape to their desires.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Introduction: The Subject of Children's Literature
  2. pp. 1-14
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  1. How to Save Your Life: Lessons from a Runt Pig
  2. pp. 15-36
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  1. A Time to Mourn: The Loss of the Mother
  2. pp. 37-58
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  1. Mourning into Dancing: Recuperating the Loss of the Mother
  2. pp. 59-76
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  1. Looking Glasses and Neverlands: Beyond the Symbolic
  2. pp. 77-96
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  1. "I Never Explain Anything": Children's Literature and Sexuation
  2. pp. 97-120
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  1. Blinded by the White: The Responsibilities of Race
  2. pp. 121-136
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  1. Abjection and Adolescent Fiction: Ways Out
  2. pp. 137-160
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  1. Conclusion: Postmoderns at the Gates of Dawn
  2. pp. 161-172
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 173-178
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 179-186
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 187-192
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