Childhood, science fiction, and pedagogy : children ex machina /: children ex machina. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David W. Kupferman, Andrew Gibbons, editors.
• Editors: Kupferman, David W; Gibbons, Andrew
• Contents: Introduction: Why childhood ex machina?.- Part I Relationship.- Franken-education, or when science runs amok.- The monstrous voice: M.R. Carey's The Girl with All the Gifts.- Toy Gory, or the Ontology of Chucky: Childhood and killer dolls.- Part II Affect.- Through the Black Mirror: Innocence, abuse, and justice in "Shut Up and Dance".- Your Android Ain't Funky (or Robots Can't Find the Good Foot): Race, Power, and Children in Otherworldy Imaginations.- Tension, Sensation, and Pedagogy: Depictions of Childhood's Struggle in Saga and Paper Girls.- Part III Pedagogy.- A Utopian Mirror: Reflections from the future of childhood and education in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Island.- Filling the mind: Cortical knowlege uploads, didactic downloads, and the problem of learning in the future.- Heretic Gnosis: Education, children, and the problem of knowing otherwise.- "Life is a Game, So Fight for Survival": The neoliberal logic of educational colonialism within the Battle Royale Franchise.- Part IV Conclusion.- Children and Pedagogy Between Science and Fiction.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.38762; Science fiction -- History and criticism; Children in literature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811362101; 9811362106
• Related ISBNs: 9789811362095
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 29, 2019)
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