Disability In Modern Children S Fiction
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Disability In Modern Children S Fiction
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Author : John Quicke
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-05-01
Disability In Modern Children S Fiction written by John Quicke and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
First published in 1985, Disability in Modern Children’s Fiction presents a case for the inclusion of a planned element in the mainstream curriculum, specifically designed to encourage positive attitudes and actions towards children with special needs, and for utilising the possibilities inherent in fiction for helping all children to explore their thoughts and feelings in this area. The central chapters of the book are concerned with a critical examination of specific texts, focusing on how they deal with disability in a story context. Books are grouped for discussion under common themes which have been teased out according to their contemporary relevance: the effects on the family of a severely disabled child; the struggle of a child with a disability for personal identity in oppressive social circumstances; the interaction between disability, race, gender and social class; the different reactions of ‘normal’ children towards disabled peers; the failings of the medical approach to disability; love, sex, adolescence and disability; the relationship between children and handicapped adults. The penultimate chapter is concerned with an evaluation of picture books and quasi-fiction for younger children. This book will be of interest to students of disability studies, pedagogy and literature.
Take Up Thy Bed And Walk
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Author : Lois Keith
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2001
Take Up Thy Bed And Walk written by Lois Keith and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Literary Criticism categories.
Heidi, The Secret Garden, and Pollyanna are all classic "girls' books, " featuring a miracle cure of an invalid character who literally gets up and walks away from illness or paralysis. Such stories were common in Victorian novels and they implicitly conveyed the idea that disability and physical suffering were punishment for wrongdoing: unruly girls could not enter womanhood unless they were tamed, and an accident was the perfect plot device for this transformation. Other characters, like Helen Burns in Jane Eyre or Beth in Little Women, were just too good to live, and died so that another character could be redeemed by their example. Lois Keith points out in this study that the temptation to either cure or kill off disabled characters has surprising tenacity. The widespread belief that a disabled life isn't a full life and that patients can cure themselves through force of will endures to the present day. In Take Up Thy Bed & Walk, Lois Keith brings her lively and observant eye to the classic books of childhood from Jane Eyre, Heidi, and Pollyanna, to modern American classics such as Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie and Judy Blume's Deenie. Keith explores the recurring images of impairment and ill health in literature and asks the reader to reconsider the messages they send to a devoted young audience. This book is also a testament to the singular passion with which these books are read by younger readers and reminds us of the intensity of our own reading experience as children.
Disability In Contemporary Indian Children S Literature
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Author : Arpita Sarker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Disability In Contemporary Indian Children S Literature written by Arpita Sarker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.
Children's literature in India has evolved in the last two decades. It has begun a journey towards challenging our perspective of the ideal or perfect child represented in many stories pre- and post-independence. The new wave of children's literature in India strives to be inclusive and widen the scope of childhood experiences portrayed through children's literature. Authors and publishers incorporate diverse characters and include topics and issues earlier considered taboo. Disability is one such topic that found minimal representation in children's literature in the past. Authors and publishers have come forward and attempted to tell stories about children with disability and represent their diverse experiences of childhood in India in these stories. Children's literature work as a mirror, window, and sliding door for child readers. Representation of disability in these stories can help children feel acknowledged, understand other experiences, and sometimes offer interaction with disability in different ways. But this world for children is created and nurtured by adults. They write, publish, buy, and teach these books to children. It is essential to understand how adults approach children's literature and the world they create for children with/without disabilities through their representation of disability. Through this dissertation, I aim to understand adults' perspectives by collaboratively working with adults (authors, publishers, parents, and teachers) in four groups engaged in creating, circulating, and consuming children's literature. I use qualitative methods to work collaboratively with my participants to understand their politics, intentions and experiences engaging with children's literature. As some of my participants identify as disabled, I engage in learning about their experiences of disability and discuss children's literature texts through individual interview and focus group discussion. The conversations have introduced me to their pedagogic practices, which present issues and discourses that define the everyday experiences of disability. Basing my study on the idea of "Nothing about us without us," I work closely with persons with disability and highlight the loopholes in the representational politics of disability in children's literature and publishing. I spend time understanding the representation of disability in children's literature. This work suggests that, however, the representation and creation of characters, even from a well-intentioned perspective, often fail to comprehend the complexities of the experience. In the process, such representation has the potential to suggest ableist views. Most writers are able-bodied writers, so they are unaware of the effect specific, realistic representation can have on the readers. My findings suggest that stories about disabled childhood should be written in collaboration with persons with a disability, offering a realistic and timely representation of the experiences. Apart from the representational politics, the study confirms that perspectives about disability in India is more rooted in local and community understanding of disability rather than governmental or institutional. However, it is also noted, that governmental and institutional understanding and labelling of disability affect the lives of people with disability as they move away from the comfort of their community. The research also cautiously attempts to explore the politics of disability in Indian society by delving into the accessibility and materiality of the texts addressing the geopolitical and economic effects of accessibility of texts. The politics of publication and circulation of texts contradict each other. The stories of marginalized children with disability remain accessible to a large section of child readers belonging to marginalized sections of society. My study focuses on disability in South Asia specifically, India. The intention behind situating the work in India and working with persons with disability from India was to participate and attempt in the decolonizing process of knowledge and ableism. By engaging and collaborating with my participants who self-identify as disabled or have identifiable disabilities I attempted to understand their experiences of disability rooted in local, indigenous, communal as well as colonial perceptions of disability. The work when situated within local knowledges and experiences, addresses the many complex intersectionalities such as caste, class and gender with disability offering a wide range of experience specific to India. These interactions and findings make the work go beyond Western and Eurocentric ideas of disability and redefine disability from an Indian perspective. My study deals specifically with adult pedagogies and does not expand or include children and their perspective of stories representing disability. Due to the time, accessibility, and Covid-19 pandemic's limitation, I was unable to interact with children in India and hence, focused on adults. This study can be seen as a multi-phased study where my dissertation is part of the initial phase where I work with adults and the second phase will be working and reading these books with children. This study can initiate an important conversation about disability representation and understand the role stories play in children as well as adults understanding of the world and disability. As children's literature is an essential resource for dialogue with children, authors, publishers, teachers, and parents must be more mindful of their discourse and politics in creating this world. The disparity in politics and reality reduces children's readership and access to a world they should be a part of. Adults' continued investment in children's world should bridge this gap. However, attempts are being made, but it remains minimal in the scope of the population of children in India. The stories we create and circulate for children need careful development to ensure it offers empowering stories which celebrate the experiences rather than overcoming narratives of disability. We also need to include more authors and publishers for better representation and accessibility of children's literature to authentically widen the world of these stories and widen the readership through accessibility.
Disability And Modern Fiction
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Author : A. Hall
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2011-11-11
Disability And Modern Fiction written by A. Hall and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
Focusing on Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee as authors, critics and Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, this book explores shifting representations of disability in 20th and 21st century literature and proposes new ways of reading their works in relation to one another, whilst highlighting the ethical, aesthetic and imaginative challenges they pose.
Unfolding
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Author : Jonathan Friesen
language : en
Publisher: Blink
Release Date : 2017-01-31
Unfolding written by Jonathan Friesen and has been published by Blink this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-31 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Jonah wishes he could get the girl, but he’s an outcast and she’s the most perfect girl he knows. And their futures seemed destined to fork apart: Jonah’s physical condition is debilitating, and epileptic seizures fill his life with frustration. Whereas Stormi is seemingly carefree, and navigates life by sensing things before they happen. And her most recent premonition is urging her to leave town. When Stormi begs Jonah for help, he finds himself swept into a dark mystery his small town has been keeping for years. And the answers Stormi needs about her own past could possibly destroy everything Jonah has ever known—including his growing relationship with Stormi herself. Advance praise: “Friesen's story unfolds with so much intrigue, swells with so much heart, I had to keep reading. And the writing? Beautiful!” —Jay Asher, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Thirteen Reasons Why “As someone with Tourette Syndrome, I grew up with a condition that others did not understand. It affected the way I was viewed and the way I viewed myself. I applaud Jonathan Friesen for telling a story about overcoming such a challenge in Unfolding. Hopefully, this will inspire others growing up with such conditions as well as help everyone else better understand what is involved.” —Tim Howard, former US national team goaltender and current goalkeeper for the Colorado Rapids
Developmental Disability In Children S Literature
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Author : Tina Taylor Dyches
language : en
Publisher: Council Exceptional Children
Release Date : 2000
Developmental Disability In Children S Literature written by Tina Taylor Dyches and has been published by Council Exceptional Children this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Education categories.
This volume is third in a series of 10 publications intended to provide practical or trend-oriented information related to serving children and youth with mental retardation, autism, and other developmental disabilities. Chapter 1 discusses the history of characters with mental retardation or developmental disabilities in children's literature. Chapter 2 highlights the positive portrayal of characters with mental retardation or developmental disabilities in quality children's literature. Current trends and values are discussed, as well as general aspects of quality literature and illustrations in children's books. Chapter 3 discusses strategies for using children's books that include characters with mental retardation or developmental disabilities, including concept infusion and guided discussion techniques. The rest of the book includes appendices with annotated bibliographies of fictional picture books and fictional chapter books, activities for using children's literature including characters with mental retardation or developmental disabilities, and an explanation of the Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award. Annotated bibliographies include information on the content regarding mental retardation or developmental disabilities and content regarding other curricular areas. Each book is rated in its quality. (Contains 10 references.) (CR)
Stoner Spaz
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Author : Ron Koertge
language : en
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Release Date : 2011-04-26
Stoner Spaz written by Ron Koertge and has been published by Candlewick Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-26 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
A funny, in-your-face novel starring an unlikely teenage pair - a sheltered cinemaphile with cerebral palsy and the tattooed, straight-talking stoner who steals his heart. For sixteen-year-old Ben Bancroft - a kid with cerebral palsy, no parents, and an overprotective grandmother - the closest thing to happiness is hunkering alone in the back of the Rialto Theatre watching Bride of Frankenstein for the umpteenth time. Of course he waits for the lights to dim before making an entrance, so that his own lurching down the aisle doesn’t look like an ad for Monster Week. The last person he wants to run into is drugged-up Colleen Minou, resplendent in ripped tights, neon miniskirt, and an impressive array of tattoos. But when Colleen climbs into the seat beside him and rests a woozy head on his shoulder, Ben has that unmistakable feeling that his life is about to change. With unsparing humor and a keen flair for dialogue, Ron Koertge captures the rare repartee between two lonely teenagers on opposite sides of the social divide. It’s the tale of a self-deprecating protagonist who learns that kindred spirits can be found for the looking - and that the incentive to follow your passion can be set into motion by something as simple as a human touch.
You Re Welcome Universe
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Author : Whitney Gardner
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2017-03-07
You Re Welcome Universe written by Whitney Gardner and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
A vibrant, edgy, fresh new YA voice for fans of More Happy Than Not and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, packed with interior graffiti. Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award! When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a “mainstream” school in the suburbs, where she’s treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up. Out in the ’burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own. But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town. Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off—and showing Julia up in the process. She expected her art might get painted over by cops. But she never imagined getting dragged into a full-blown graffiti war. Told with wit and grit by debut author Whitney Gardner, who also provides gorgeous interior illustrations of Julia’s graffiti tags, You’re Welcome, Universe introduces audiences to a one-of-a-kind protagonist who is unabashedly herself no matter what life throws in her way. "[A] spectacular debut...a moving, beautifully written contemporary novel full of quirky art and complicated friendships...this book is a gift to be thankful for."—BookRiot
The Taylor Turbochaser
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Author : David Baddiel
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2019-10-17
The Taylor Turbochaser written by David Baddiel and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-17 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
It’s the latest Brilliant Blockbuster from bestselling Baddiel! A non-stop thrill-ride adventure that will have readers young and old racing to the finishing line.
Disability Literature Genre
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Author : Ria Cheyne
language : en
Publisher: Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society
Release Date : 2019-11-30
Disability Literature Genre written by Ria Cheyne and has been published by Representations: Health, Disability, Culture and Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-30 with Disabilities in literature categories.
Examining the intersection of disability and genre in popular works of horror, crime, science fiction, fantasy, and romance published since the late 1960s, Disability, Literature, Genre is a major contribution to both cultural disability studies and genre fiction studies. Drawing on recent work on affect and emotion, the book explores how disability makes us feel, and how those feelings shape interpersonal and fictional encounters. Written in a clear and accessible style, Disability, Literature, Genre offers a timely reflection on the rapidly growing body of scholarship on disability representation, as well as an innovative new theorisation of genre. By reconceptualising genre reading as an affective process, Ria Cheyne establishes genre fiction as a key site of investigation for disability studies. She argues that genre fiction's unique combination of affectivity and reflexivity makes it ideally suited to the production of reflexive representations of disability: representations which encourage the reader to reflect upon what they understand about disability, and potentially to rethink it. Examining the affective--and effective--power of disability representations in a wide range of popular genre fiction, this book will be essential reading for academics in disability studies, literary studies, popular culture studies, and the medical humanities.