nam a22 c 4500 clcc.18/866031226 nljbp 260918054135.9 cr ||||||||||| 260917s2026 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2026015100 9789027243829 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp DSY bicssc LIT009000 bisacsh Geopolitics and Activism in Children’s and Young Adult Literature Edited by Giuliana Fenech and Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2026 ©2026 235 pages ix, 225 pp. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition 2212-9006 18 Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak and Giuliana Fenech -- Chapter 1. Children of revolutions and war / Mateusz Świetlicki -- Chapter 2. The small girl who lives next door / Nicola Daly -- Chapter 3. Children’s agency in/through Canadian children’s literature / Jennifer Duggan and Amanda Fayant -- Chapter 4. The hero called a pioneer / Svetlana Kalezic Radonjic -- Chapter 5. Questions of identity and belonging in Palestinian children’s literature / Hanan Mousa -- Chapter 6. Negotiating space through playful resistance / Tehmina Pirzada -- Chapter 7. The imaginary citizens, the trickster, and the mighty child / Herdiana Hakim -- Chapter 8. Reclaiming children’s narratives / Ritwika Roy -- Chapter 9. Ecoliteracy on the Nile / Yasmine Motawy -- Chapter 10. Young adult voices against homophobia in Russia / Iana Nikitenko -- Chapter 11. Relational agency and geopolitics in life writing by William Kamkwamba, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, and Greta Thunberg / Kebere Maldaye -- Chapter 12. Empowering teachers and readers / Farriba Schulz, Melanie Ramdarshan Bold and Maureen Maisha Auma -- Chapter 13. Epistemic injustices in teaching and research practices with children’s literature / Macarena García-González This volume explores how literature for young readers shapes and is informed by the geopolitical realities of our world. Bringing together perspectives from across the globe, the volume shows how children’s and YA texts foster young people’s agency by engaging with national identity, conflict, ecological crises, decolonial struggles, and social justice movements. Through case studies spanning Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Palestine, Ukraine and beyond, the contributors reveal how books for young readers become sites of resistance, empowerment, and political imagination. The book also reflects on teaching and research practices that challenge epistemic inequalities. This collection offers a vital invitation to rethink young people’s literature as a dynamic force in negotiating and transforming geopolitical contexts. Provided by publisher. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Theoretical literature & literary studies Fenech, Giuliana editor Deszcz-Tryhubczak, Justyna editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 9789027234339 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/clcc.18 Open Access https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027243829