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Science fiction, children's literature, and popular culture :

0313030286

9780313030284

0313308470

9780313308475

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Science fiction, children's literature, and popular culture :

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coming of age in fantasyland /

Gary Westfahl.

Westport, Conn. :

Greenwood Press,

2000.

1 online resource (xiv, 157 pages).

Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy,

no. 88

0193-6875 ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-148) and index.

How Charlie made children hate him: fantasy and reality in stories for small children -- The three lives of Superman -- and everybody else -- Mystery of the amateur detectives: the early days of the Hardy boys -- Giving Horatio Alger goosebumps, or, from Hardy boys to hapless boys: the changing ethos of juveline series fiction -- From the back of the head to beyond the moon: the novel and film This island Earth -- Opposing war, exploiting war: the troubled pacifism of Star trek -- Even better than the real thing: advertising, music videos, postmodernism, and (eventually) science fiction -- Legends of the fall: going not particularly far Behind the music -- Hollywood strikes a pose: seven tales of triumph, treachery, and travail in old Tinseltown -- In defense of stone tablets: Isaac Asimov explains why science fiction is skeptical about "new information technologies" -- Partial derivatives: popular misinterpretations of H.G. Wells's The time machine.

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In a constantly changing world, individuals are forever growing to meet the challenges and developments that emerge around them. In contemporary society, technology is at the heart of change. Literature, too, reflects the evolution of culture and increasingly represents and considers technology. And as children become young adults, their reading helps shape their understanding of the world. This book examines representative works of science fiction, children's literature, and popular culture to show how these works reflect the process of growing up in a technological world.

Science fiction, children's literature, and popular culture.

9780313308475

Children-- Books and reading-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Children's stories, American-- History and criticism.

Fantasy fiction, American-- History and criticism.

Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Science fiction, American-- History and criticism.

Children-- Books and reading.

Children's stories, American.

Fantasy fiction, American.

LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.

Popular culture.

Science fiction, American.

United States.

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LIT-- 004020

Westfahl, Gary.

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