Representations of Children and Success in Asia Dream Chasers

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Synopsis

This edited volume explores how success is conceptualized and represented in texts for young people in Asia. The essays in this collection examine how success for children relates to education, family, gender, race, class, community, and the nation. It answers the following questions: How is success for children represented in literature, cinema, and popular media? In what ways are these images grounded in the historical, political, and cultural contexts in which they are produced and consumed? How does childhood agency influence ideas about success in Asia? Highlighting the similarities and differences in how success is defined for children and young adults in Japan, South Korea, People’s Republic of China, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, and India, this volume argues that success is an important keyword in the literary and cultural study of childhood in Asia.

Book details

Series:
Children's Literature and Culture
Author:
Sue Chen, Shih-Wen and Wen Lau, Sin
ISBN:
9781000624533
Related ISBNs:
9781032293813, 9781032293806, 9781003301370
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
262
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2022-09-27
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2022
Copyright by:
selection and editorial matter, Shih-Wen Sue Chen and Sin Wen Lau 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Children's Books, Language Arts, Literature and Fiction, Teens