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Frigjord oskuld. Heterosexuellt mognadsimperativ i svensk ungdomsroman [Empowered Innocence. The heterosexual Developmental Imperative in Swedish Young Adult Fiction]. Mia Franck. Åbo: Åbo Akademi University Press, 2009. 322 pages. 27€ (paperback). Ever since 1906, when Finland was the first European nation to grant women the right to vote, women’s rights have been at the centre of [...]

Public School Literature, Civic Education and the Politics of Male Adolescence. Jenny Holt. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008. 270 pages. £55 (hardback). In her exploration of the dynamic between public school literature, male adolescence and citizenship, Jenny Holt proposes the public school story as a source through which to examine developing ideas about adolescence and citizenship. She [...]

Conceptualizing Cruelty to Children in Nineteenth-Century England. Literature, Representation, and the NSPCC. Monica Flegel. Farnham: Ashgate, 2009. 208 pages. 55£ (hardback). “Couple try to sell baby son for £20.” “Drunken mum jailed over baby death.” “Teen admits squirting bleach over mother after Harry Potter film.” “Parents of disabled girl found hanged are charged with child [...]

Facets of Children’s Literature Research: Collected and Revised Writings. Göte Klingberg. Stockholm: Swedish Institute for Children’s Books, 2008. 197 pages. E-book. It is inspiring to read a work by someone who dedicated his life to children’s literature research. In this e-book, Göte Klingberg offers numerous reflections collected from various papers and presentations in order to [...]

Keeling, Kara K. and Pollard, Scott T. (eds) Critical Approaches to Food in Children’s Literature, New York & London: Routledge, 2009. 276pp. 0 415 96366 4 This is an excellent contribution to what has increasingly been called “food studies” – a discipline that for many might be viewed as curiously as “child studies.” Bring the [...]

Our member Sonia Loidl has translated a selection of IRCL abstracts from English to German. These abstracts are available through the IRCL page of this website. Click on ‘Abstracts’ and you will find translations of abstracts from Volumes 1.1, 1.2  and 2.1.