The Embodied Child

The Embodied Child: Readings in Children¿s Literature and Culture is an innovative and timely collection of essays that offers rich analyses of children¿s bodies as they are constructed in literature and popular culture. In this ground-breaking work, editors Roxanne Harde and Lydia Kokkola have brought together some of the most renown scholars in childhood studies who each delve into the complex ways children and their physical form are represented literature. Each chapter introduces readers to the subject through a distinctive lens, whether it be queer, racial, gendered, or those that are less often discussed, this book makes a long-needed contribution to discussions of the body and the child.