Growing Sideways in Twenty-first Century British Culture

Growing Sideways in Twenty-first Century British Culture
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages : 243
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ISBN-10 : 9789027258403
ISBN-13 : 9027258406
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Download or read book Growing Sideways in Twenty-first Century British Culture written by Anne Malewski and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines changing boundaries between childhood and adulthood in British society and culture at the beginning of the twenty-first century − where these age boundaries are widely debated, policed, and contested − to investigate alternatives to conventional ideas of growing up. Building on observations, especially in children’s literature criticism, that human growth is shaped by a grand narrative that privileges adulthood, and on terminologies of non-normative growth, particularly in queer theory, this monograph develops growing sideways as a concept that queers this grand narrative by destabilising childhood and adulthood, and the boundaries between them. The concept is refined through close readings of twenty-first century British children’s literature, television series, film, and participatory events, troubling age boundaries via specific strategies in three conceptual areas: appearance, play, and space. Exploring power structures around age and gender, this monograph traces growing sideways as a distinct and important alternative discourse of human growth.


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