[SFRA-L] children's fantasy research question

[Levy, Michael]

Learning from the Left: Children's Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States by Julia L. Mickenberg

Haven't read this in a while and don't remember if Althusser is mentioned or not, but it might be relevant.

Mike
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From: Levy, Michael
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 10:00 AM
To: Easterbrook, Neil; sfra-l at wiz.cath.vt.edu
Subject: RE: children's fantasy research question


Well Jack Zipes is a Marxist, but I don't know offhand whether or not he's using Althusser.  That would definitely be the place to start.  There may be some other stuff at hoime.  I'll look.



Mike

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Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 9:57 AM
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Subject: [SFRA-L] children's fantasy research question

Dear Hive Mind—

Here’s a research question. I know it’s abt fantasy, but I also know you folks are damn smart and well-read in many genres and national literatures. I’m asking the question on behalf of one of my grad students.

Can anybody recommend a critic or a text that examines children’s fantasy from a perspective that we might associate with Althusser or marxist ideological critique? Especially anything that might associate magic, say, with the function of ideology in a marxist perspective?

--Neil

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