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In:Geopolitics and Activism in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Edited by Giuliana Fenech and Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak
[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition 18] 2026
► pp. 223–225

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Published online: 17 September 2026
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A

  • authorship
    • conceptual framing,29, 31, 33
  • adult mediation,100, 103, 107, 110, 116, 120, 208

B

  • Bakhtin, Mikhail,62, 66, 69, 73
  • Beauvais, Clémentine,100, 103, 107, 110, 120, 123, 127
  • Benwell, Matthew C.,7–8, 167
  • Biswas, Tanu,9, 205, 208
  • borders,1, 3–5, 8, 32, 34, 37, 62, 64, 67, 89, 92, 95, 119, 133, 136, 191, 211; see also migration; space and spatiality
  • Braidotti, Rosi,2, 206–207

C

  • child authors,116, 120, 123, 127; see also publishing
  • child citizenship
    • conceptual framing,6–7, 103, 110
    • socialist citizenship,62, 66, 70, 74
    • youth citizenship,16, 19, 22, 25, 100, 103, 107, 110; see also children's rights; geosocialization; participation
  • childhood
    • conceptual framing,6, 9–11
    • decolonial childism,9, 205, 208
    • geopolitical childhoods,88, 91, 95, 98
    • politicization of childhood,62, 66, 70, 74, 88, 91, 95, 98; see also decolonial childism
  • children's rights,9–10, 103, 169, 205, 208, 212; see also human rights; participation
  • climate change,54, 57, 106, 116–117, 167, 170, 174, 177, 212; see also climate activism; ecoliteracy
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child,10, 169
  • COVID-19 pandemic,116, 120, 123, 127
  • critical literacy,107, 185, 190, 194, 199
  • cultural heritage,28, 31, 34, 37, 78, 81, 84, 172–173, 197, 212

D

  • decoloniality,1, 3, 6, 9–11, 52, 205, 208, 212; see also decolonial childism; epistemic injustice; Eurocentrism
  • displacement,4, 57, 67, 77, 80, 83, 191, 196

E

  • eco-citizenship,130, 135, 140, 145; see also ecoliteracy
  • ecocriticism,130, 135, 138, 142, 145
  • ecoliteracy,130, 135, 140, 145; see also eco-citizenship; ecopedagogy
  • ecopedagogy,130, 135, 140, 145
  • education
    • educational contexts,28–30, 101, 107, 121, 126, 132, 135
    • human rights education,9
    • teacher education,184, 189, 194, 199, 208, 212
    • university teaching,185, 205, 208, 212; see also pedagogy; schooling; teacher education
  • empowerment,100, 103, 107, 110, 166, 170, 175, 179, 184, 189, 194, 199
  • Eurocentrism,2, 9, 205, 208, 211

F

  • feminism,52, 88, 91, 95, 98, 150, 193
  • Fricker, Miranda,2, 205–206

G

  • Gaard, Greta,130, 135, 138, 141, 144
  • Gaza,77, 81, 85
  • gender
    • conceptual framing,31, 34–35, 89, 93, 151, 159, 189, 193
    • Muslim girlhood,88, 91, 95, 98
    • same-sex parenting,149, 153, 157, 161
    • trans/queer identity,41, 46, 52, 57, 149, 153, 157, 161, 193, 206; see also LGBTIQA+ literature and communities; Muslim girlhood; same-sex parenting
  • geosocialization,6, 9, 104, 110, 117; see also child citizenship; geopolitics
  • Gubar, Marah,43–44, 116, 120, 123, 127, 208

H

  • homophobia,149, 153, 157, 161
  • Hopkins, Peter,7–8, 167
  • hudood laws,88, 91, 95, 98
  • human rights,9–10, 73

I

  • identity
    • conceptual framing,17, 24–25, 30, 43, 50, 78, 85, 152, 157
    • national identity,17, 77, 81, 85
  • Indigenous peoples and politics,28, 31, 34, 37, 41, 46, 52, 57, 80, 133, 172, 175, 179, 185–186, 211

K

  • Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina,6–7, 57

L

  • language activism,28, 31, 34, 37
  • LGBTIQA+ literature and communities,149, 153, 157, 161, 193; see also homophobia; queer young adult literature
  • life writing,166, 170, 175, 179; see also storytelling
  • literacy
    • conceptual framing,5, 30, 107, 121, 130, 135, 185, 199
    • bioregional literacy,130, 135, 138, 142
    • critical literacy,107, 185, 190, 194, 199
    • ecoliteracy,130, 135, 140, 145
    • social literacy,186
    • transnational literacy,5
    see also bioregional literacy; critical literacy; ecoliteracy; transnational literacy

M

  • migration,1, 4, 8, 62, 66, 70, 74, 120, 124, 143, 186, 191, 196, 199; see also borders; refugees
  • Muslim girlhoods,88, 91, 95, 98

N

  • nation and nationhood
    • conceptual framing,1, 3, 5, 17, 23, 67, 78, 121, 134
    • children's literature and,3, 41, 46, 52, 57, 62, 66, 70, 74, 116, 120, 123, 127
    • inclusive nationhoods,116, 120, 123, 127
    • methodological nationalism,1–2
    see also child citizenship

O

  • occupation,16, 19, 22, 25, 77, 81, 85; see also war

P

  • participation,7–9, 68, 71, 74, 101, 104, 107, 110, 116, 120, 123, 127, 133, 137, 141, 145, 167, 171, 175, 179, 187; see also child citizenship; children's rights
  • pedagogy,71–73, 130, 133, 136, 184, 188, 205, 208, 212
  • picturebooks,28, 31, 34, 37, 41, 46, 52, 57, 100, 103, 107, 110, 130, 135, 140, 145, 153; see also representation
  • play
    • conceptual framing,46–48, 73, 84–85, 89, 93, 97, 103, 108, 143
    • agency and,41, 44, 48, 88, 91, 95, 98
    • Muslim girlhoods and,88, 91, 95, 98
    see also resistance; space and spatiality
  • posthumanism,205, 208, 212
  • poverty,116–117, 171, 174, 178
  • power,2, 5–6, 62, 66, 70, 74, 88, 91, 95, 98, 100, 103, 106, 109, 117, 120, 123, 126, 149, 152, 156, 159, 170, 173, 176, 179, 185, 190, 194, 199, 205, 208, 212; see also adultcentrism; epistemic injustice; resistance
  • protest,17, 21, 25, 41, 46, 52, 57, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 88, 91, 95, 98, 116, 119, 122, 125, 149, 153, 157, 161, 176–178; see also resistance
  • publishing,45, 49, 53, 57, 100–102, 116, 120, 123, 127, 151, 154, 157, 160, 186, 190, 195, 199; see also authorship

Q

  • queer young adult literature,149, 153, 157, 161; see also LGBTIQA+ literature and communities; same-sex parenting

R

  • readers and reading,5, 28, 31, 34, 37, 41, 46, 52, 57, 67, 70, 73, 116, 120, 123, 127, 134, 138, 141, 145, 150, 153, 157, 160, 184, 189, 194, 199, 205, 208, 212; see also critical literacy; teacher education
  • refugees,4, 67, 82–83, 191, 196
  • relational agency,166, 170, 175, 179
  • representation,33–34, 41, 46, 52, 57, 72, 78, 80, 83, 88, 90, 93, 103, 106, 149, 152, 156, 159, 168, 172, 175, 179, 184, 189, 194, 199; see also identity; social justice
  • resistance,17, 21, 25, 41, 46, 52, 57, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 88, 91, 95, 98, 116, 119, 122, 125, 154, 157, 161, 176–178; see also protest

S

  • schooling,16, 19, 22, 25, 28–30, 62, 66, 70, 74, 88, 91, 95, 104, 108, 116, 120, 123, 127, 184, 189, 194, 199, 209; see also education; teacher education
  • social justice,184, 189, 194, 199; see also children's rights; empowerment; representation
  • social literacy,186
  • socialist citizenship,62, 66, 70, 74
  • space and spatiality,2–3, 7, 31, 34, 37, 51, 54, 57, 88, 91, 95, 98, 116, 119, 123, 141, 154, 156, 159, 171, 175, 179, 187, 209–210; see also borders; play
  • storytelling,28, 31, 34, 37, 41, 46, 52, 57, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 81, 84, 88, 91, 95, 98, 100, 103, 107, 110, 116, 120, 123, 127, 130–132, 149, 152, 156, 159, 171, 175, 179, 184, 188, 192, 196, 211–212; see also authorship; life writing; readers and reading

T

  • teacher education,184, 189, 194, 199, 208, 212
  • transnationalism,1, 3, 6, 62, 66, 70, 74, 124, 143, 196–197; see also migration; nation and nationhood

U

  • United Nations,4, 9, 103, 169

W

  • war,16, 19, 22, 25, 62, 66, 70, 74, 77, 80, 83, 159, 190; see also occupation
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