Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children's Literature

Over the Fence

AvStacy E. Hoult-Saros

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

The Mythology of the Animal Farm in Children’s Literature: Over the Fence analyzes the ways in which myths about farmed animals’ lives are perpetuated in children’s materials. Specifically, this book investigates the use of five recurring thematic devices in about eighty books for young children published during the past five decades. The close readings of texts and images draw on a wide range of fields, including animal theory, psychoanalytic and Marxian literary criticism, child development theory, histories of farming and domestication, and postcolonial theory. In spite of the underlying seriousness of the project, the material lends itself to humorous and not overly heavy-handed explications that provide insight into the complex workings of a literary genre based on the covering up of real animal lives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-21
Mått:159 x 238 x 20 mm
Vikt:458 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498519779

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Stacy Hoult-Saros is associate professor of Spanish at Valparaiso University

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The overarching theme of Mythology is that children’s stories about farmed animals send the message that farming animals is natural and beneficial for everyone involved, human and nonhuman. Farms are presented as idyllic places to be, with animals happily complicit in their own domination. Hoult- Saros demonstrates how life for farmed animals is invariably portrayed as the opposite of reality. Mythology is an excellent text for social scientists and literary scholars to reflect on notions of humanity, society, and culture as disclosed by human relationships with farmed animals. Humane educators and parents of young children will find myriad uses for this text in helping to initiate and expand discussions of humans’ use of other animals.

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter One: AnthropomorphismChapter Two: FreedomChapter Three: Commodification Chapter Four: Protection Chapter Five: SubmissionConclusion