{"product_id":"over-the-rainbow-kenneth-b-kidd-9780472051465","title":"Over the Rainbow: Queer Children's and Young Adult Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOver the Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e is lively, engaging, and thoughtful. More to the point, the field of children's literature needs such a collection.\"\u003cbr\u003e---Katherine Capshaw Smith, University of Connecticut\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn spite of the growing critical interest concerning gender and sexual nonnormativity in and around narratives written for young readers, no book-length volume on the subject has yet appeared. \u003ci\u003eOver the Rainbow: Queer Children's and Young Adult Literature\u003c\/i\u003e is the first collection of essays dedicated to LGBTQ issues in children's literature. Bringing together significant essays and introducing new work, \u003ci\u003eOver the Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e is intended to serve both as a scholarly reference and as a textbook for students of children's studies; gender\/queer studies; and related disciplines such as English, history, sociology, and education. Editors Michelle Ann Abate and Kenneth Kidd showcase important essays on the subject of LGBTQ children's and young adult literature ---including \u003ci\u003eHarriet the Spy, Rainbow Boys, Little Women\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter\u003c\/i\u003e series, and \u003ci\u003eA Separate Peace\u003c\/i\u003e---while providing a provisional history of both the literature and the scholarship and examining the field's origins, current status, and possible future orientations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOver the Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e collects essays by Jes Battis, Robin Bernstein, Thomas Crisp, June Cummins, Elizabeth A. Ford, Sherrie A. Inness, Christine A. Jenkins, Vanessa Wayne Lee, Biddy Martin, Robert McRuer, Claudia Nelson, Jody Norton, Tison Pugh, Catherine Tosenberger, Eric L. Tribunella, Roberta Seelinger Trites, and Andrea Wood. These pieces will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of children's literature, American Studies, LGBTQ and queer studies, cultural studies, and literary criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover art: Original title page of \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e, by Frank L. Baum, illustrated by W. W. Denslow. New York: George M. Hill, 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth B. Kidd, Michelle Ann Abate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472051466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472051465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012 pg. 57","brand":"Kenneth B. Kidd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076052283647,"sku":"9780472051465","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97597622-835c-447f-8af9-2b5ad48918c2.jpg?v=1685462902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/over-the-rainbow-kenneth-b-kidd-9780472051465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}