Looking Glasses and Neverlands: Lacan, Desire, and Subjectivity in Children''s Literatue
ISBN: 9781587294778
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Iowa Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Children’s literature -- Psychological aspects; Children’s literature -- Social aspects;

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This groundbreaking study introduces and explores Lacan's complex theories of subjectivity and desire through close readings of canonical children's books such as Charlotte's Web, Stellaluna, Holes, Tangerine , and The Chocolate War, providing an introduction to an increasingly influential body of difficult work while making the claim that children's textual encounters are as significant as their existential ones in constituting their subjectivities and giving shape to their desires.

Karen Coats is an associate professor of English at Illinois State University.

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