Potent Fictions: Children's Literacy and the Challenge of Popular Culture

Author:   Mary Hilton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138167650


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   24 February 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Potent Fictions: Children's Literacy and the Challenge of Popular Culture


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Today's children spend more time than ever before watching television, playing computer games and reading comic and pulp fiction. Many of these are directly designed by the toy and media industry. Are children therefore simply being manipulated? There is widespread concern that because of these kinds of popular fiction, children do not read `quality' literature, resulting in lower standards of literacy. There is also the further fear that because many of these popular media portray highly stereotyped, gendered images, this too will have a damaging effect on children. Mary Hilton's fascinating book proves that there is another side to the argument. We do not have to view popular culture as a threat to our children or their education. The writers of this collection show how, used carefully alongside other types of literature, popular culture can actually help teachers to develop literacy in a broad and positive sense.

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Author:   Mary Hilton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138167650


ISBN 10:   1138167657
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   24 February 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Mary Hilton; Part 1 Ways of looking; Chapter 1 Manufacturing make-believe, Mary Hilton; Chapter 2 Reality in boxes, David Whitley; Part 2 Ways of working; Chapter 3 ‘Did you know that there’s no Such thing as Never Land?’, Helen Bromley; Chapter 4 ‘But they’re pink!’ – ‘Who cares!’, Cathy Pompe; Part 3 Ways of helping; Chapter 5 ‘I Don’t Know Where I am with myself’, Gill Venn; Chapter 6 ‘You See all Blood Come Out’, Isobel Urquhart*; Epilogue, Mary Hilton;

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'A text which ought to be on every teacher's and student teacher's reading list.' - Child Language and Teaching Therapy


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