ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART III; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; AFTERWORD; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
While much has been written about Irish culture's apparent obsession with the past and with representing childhood, few critics have explored in detail the position of children's fiction within such discourses. This book serves to redress these imbalances, illuminating both the manner in which children's texts engage with complex cultural discourses in contemporary Ireland and the significant contribution that children's novels and films can make to broader debates concerning Irish identity a ..