y separately published work icon Bush, City, Cyberspace : The Development of Australian Children's Literature into the Twenty-First Century single work   criticism  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Bush, City, Cyberspace : The Development of Australian Children's Literature into the Twenty-First Century
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Provides a snapshot of the state of Australian children's and adolescent literature in the early twenty-first century, and an insight into its history, promoting a sense of where Australian literature for young people may be going. Written by the same three authors published for information studies in 1995.

Notes

  • Contents: 1. The origins of Australian children's literature -- 2. On being Australian: the Gallipoli legand -- 3. Migration and national identity -- 4. White voices/black voices: indigenous children's literature -- 5. The role and significance of the natural environment -- 6. Negotiating the maze of life 1. Focus on the family -- 7. Negotiating the maze of life 2. Additional dilemmas for today's children and adolescents -- 8. Future histories of Australia -- 9. The hero and the quest: from Dot and the Kangaroo to Dragonkeeper -- 10. Popular fiction for the cyber-generation -- 11. Australian children's poetry -- 12. Australian picture books.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

Works about this Work

[Untitled] John Cohen , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association Quarterly , Spring vol. 32 no. 1 2007; (p. 71-74)
— Review of Bush, City, Cyberspace : The Development of Australian Children's Literature into the Twenty-First Century John Foster , E. J. Finnis , Maureen Nimon , 2005 single work criticism
Detail Reflects True Affection Penelope Davie , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 March 2006; (p. 26)
[Untitled] John Cohen , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Children's Literature Association Quarterly , Spring vol. 32 no. 1 2007; (p. 71-74)
— Review of Bush, City, Cyberspace : The Development of Australian Children's Literature into the Twenty-First Century John Foster , E. J. Finnis , Maureen Nimon , 2005 single work criticism
Detail Reflects True Affection Penelope Davie , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 25 - 26 March 2006; (p. 26)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (2)
Last amended 17 Jun 2008 12:17:10
Subjects:
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X