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- Looking Glasses and Neverlands: Lacan, Desire, and Subjectivity in Children's Literatue
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: University of Iowa Press
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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.
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Abjection and Adolescent Fiction: Ways Out
- pp. 137-160
- Conclusion: Postmoderns at the Gates of Dawn
- pp. 161-172
- Bibliography
- pp. 179-186
Additional Information
ISBN
9781587294778
Related ISBN(s)
9780877458821, 9781587295867
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
66386256
Pages
202
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2004