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This book visits contemporary British childrenâs and young adult (YA) fiction alongside cosmopolitanism, exploring the notion of the nation within the context of globalization, transnationalism and citizenship. By resisting globalizationâs dehumanizing conflation, cosmopolitanism offers an ethical, humanitarian, and political outlook of convivial planetary community. In its pedagogical responsibility towards readers who will become future citizens, contemporary childrenâs and YA fiction seeks to interrogate and dismantle modes of difference and instead provide aspirational models of empathetic world citizenship. McCullough discusses texts such as J.K. Rowlingâs Harry Potter series, Jackie Kayâs Strawgirl, Theresa Breslinâs Divided City, Gillian Crossâs Where I Belong, Kerry Dreweryâs A Brighter Fear, Saci Lloydâs Momentum, and Julie Bertagnaâs Exodus trilogy. This book addresses ways in which childrenâs and YA fiction imagines not only the nation but the world beyond, seeking to disrupt binary divisions through a cosmopolitical outlook. The writers discussed envision British societyâs position and role within a global arena of wide-ranging topical issues, including global conflicts, gender, racial politics, ecology, and climate change. Contemporary childrenâs fiction has matured by depicting characters who face uncertainty just as the world itself experiences an uncertain future of global risks, such as environmental threats and terrorism. The volume will be of significant interest to the fields of childrenâs literature, YA fiction, contemporary fiction, cosmopolitanism, ecofeminism, gender theory, and British and Scottish literature.
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