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Clones and Other Formulas in Science Fiction for Young Readers
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Choyce, Lesley. Deconstructing Dylan. Toronto: Dundurn, 2006.
Davidson, Ellen Dee. Stolen Voices. Montreal: Lobster, 2005.
Henighan, Tom. Mercury Man. Toronto: Dundurn, 2004. $
Hughes, Monica. The Isis Trilogy. 1980. 1981. 1982. Toronto: Tundra, 2006.
DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2010.0017
Krossing, Karen. Pure. Toronto: Second Story, 2005.
Rose, Simon. The Clone Conspiracy. Vancouver: Tradewind, 2005
"Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid": Discourses of the Sexual Abuse of Boys
Get PDFCurrently, the discourses of popular culture unflinchingly reproduce the myths and stereotypes of a cycle of abuse in which boys who have been victimized will inevitably sexually abuse others. Moreover, the momentum of the popular discourses leads to their frequent conflation in institutional and even in therapeutic coverage. In many ways, such boys become contemporary versions of scapegoats, branded not for something they have but rather for something that was done to them.
DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2010.0011
 
Little Red Riding Hood and the Pedophile in Film: Freeway, Hard Candy and The Woodsman
Get PDF"Little Red Riding Hood" is one of very few well-known fairy tales that have not come under what Jack Zipes calls "the Disney spell," which has ossified and Americanized so many others. Creators using various artistic genres have thus felt free to rewrite and reconceptualize it. The three "Little Red Riding Hood" films that we discuss explore, as a significant theme, adult-child sexual relationships. We argue that the "Little Red Riding Hood" story offers filmmakers and viewers a metaphorical tool for understanding relations between pedophiles and their victims in novel ways, opening up the possibility of a shift in perspective on this issue.
DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2010.0002
 
Introduction: Some Words on Home Words
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Reimer, Mavis, ed. Home Words: Discourses of Children’s Literature in Canada. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2008.
DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2010.001
Home Away from Home: One US Reader’s Response to Home Words
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Reimer, Mavis, ed. Home Words: Discourses of Children’s Literature in Canada. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2008.
DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2010.002
Home Words: Maisons, liens familiaux et affinités électives dans le roman québécois pour adolescents
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Reimer, Mavis, ed. Home Words: Discourses of Children’s Literature in Canada. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2008.
DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2010.000
On the Function of Money, Spending, and Saving in Recent Canadian Children’s Texts Dealing with Poverty and Homelessness
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Arato, Rona. Ice Cream Town. Markham, ON: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2007.
Fournier, Kevin Marc. Sandbag Shuffle. Saskatoon: Thistledown P, 2007.
Mototsune, Kat. Money: Deal with it or Pay the Price. Illus. Remie Geoffroi. Toronto: Lorimer, 2007.
Walters, Eric. Sketches. Toronto: Puffin Canada, 2007.
DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2010.001
Représentations des identités masculine et féminine en littérature jeunesse d’Afrique et du Canada: Quelques exemples
Get PDFSelon la Guinéenne, Hadja Sarang Seck, l’imaginaire n’a pas de frontières. Cet article se veut une étude comparative de la littérature jeunesse des deux côtés de l’Atlantique—du Canada et de l’Afrique. Les ressemblances se trouvent surtout au niveau de la représentation des identités masculines et féminines. Malgré les bagages culturels différents qui les inspirent, les œuvres évoquées ici tendent non seulement à sanctionner l’inconscient collectif de leurs auteurs adultes, mais à conserver les préjugés collectifs de leur milieu respectifs. Pourtant, une différence importante se remarque: la littérature jeunesse de Sarang Seck prend un accent décidemment plus féministe que celle des écrivains canadiens. Ses œuvres respirent un « féminisme africain », nourri du principe de la relativité du féminisme peu connu en Occident. Si le mouvement féministe atteint son apogée en Occident dans les années 1960, il est encore d’actualité dans plusieurs pays d’Afrique occidentale.
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Representations of Masculine and Feminine Identities in African and Canadian Children’s Literature: A Few Examples
DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2010.000
"Difference That Is Actually Sameness Mass-Reproduced": Barbie Joins the Princess Convergence
Get PDFDisney’s phenomenally successful princess line inspired Mattel to give Barbie a crown. Barbie’s variations on the princess theme make her seem more independent and modern than her Disney counterparts. Ultimately, however, both Barbie and Disney princesses reveal the coherence, power, and social conservatism of the princess industry.
DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2010.002