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DescriptionLooking Glasses and Neverlands Lacan, Desire, and Subjectivity in Children’s Literature by Karen Coats  Published: 2004, ISBN: 9781587295867 Contents: Introduction: The Subject of Children’s Literature 1 How to Save Your Life: Lessons from a Runt Pig 2 A Time to Mourn: The Loss of the Mother 3 Mourning into Dancing: Recuperating the Loss of the Mother 4 Looking Glasses and Neverlands: Beyond the Symbolic 5 “I Never Explain Anything”: Children’s Literature and Sexuation 6 Blinded by the White: The Responsibilities of Race 7 Abjection and Adolescent Fiction: Ways Out Conclusion: Postmoderns at the Gates of Dawn This study introduces and explores Lacan's complex theories of subjectivity and desire through close readings of cananical children's books such as "Charlotte's Web", "Stellaluna", "Holes", "Tangerine" and "The Chocolate War". It provides an introduction to this body of 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. The texts render lucid Lacan's theory, and the theory helps explain why the text remain so profoundly influential in constructing a childs's sense of self. Sharing Widget |
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