Mediation and Children's Reading
eBook - PDF

Mediation and Children's Reading

Relationships, Intervention, and Organization from the Eighteenth Century to the Present

  1. 265 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Mediation and Children's Reading

Relationships, Intervention, and Organization from the Eighteenth Century to the Present

About this book

This collection of essays explores the cultural significance of children's reading by analyzing a series of Anglo-American case studies from the eighteenth century to the present. Marked by historical continuity and technological change, children's reading proves to be a phenomenon with broad influence, one that shapes both the development of individual readers and wider social values. The essays in this volume capture such complexity by invoking the conception of "mediation" to approach children's reading as a site of interaction among individual people, material texts, and institutional networks. Featuring a range of scholarly perspectives from the disciplines of literature, education, graphic design, and library and information science, this collection uncovers both the intricacies and wider stakes of children's reading. The books, public programs, and archives that focus explicitly on children's interests and needs are powerful arenas that give expression to the key ideological investments of a culture.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access Mediation and Children's Reading by Anne Marie Hagen in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Lehigh University Press
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781611464726
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I: Historical Reading Practices
  9. Chapter 1: Socioeconomic Status and Varied Freedoms in Eighteenth-Century Childhood Reading
  10. Chapter 2: Enlightenment Reading Lists: Domestic Curricula and the Organization of Knowledge in Novels by Women
  11. Part II: Programs and Collections
  12. Chapter 3: Mediating the Archives: Child Readers and Their Books in Special Collections
  13. Chapter 4: Bookbug: The Mediating Effect of Book Gifting in Scotland
  14. Part III: Textual and Material Strategies
  15. Chapter 5: Reading Information: Using Graphic Language to Enhance Engagement with Children’s Books
  16. Chapter 6: Mediating with Metafiction: Rethinking What Counts about Reading with Parents, Using Picturebooks
  17. Part IV: Texts, Worlds, and Mediation
  18. Chapter 7: Mediating the Act of Reading through Picturebooks and Fictional Readers
  19. Chapter 8: “My World Has Become Smaller”: Cortically Remapping Postfeminist Confinement in Louise O’Neill’s Asking For It
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index
  22. About the Authors