Human rights in children's literature : imagination and the narrative of law

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Foreword / Carol Bellamy[Former Executive Director of UNICEF] = xi
• Preface / Jonathan Todres = xv
• Acknowledgments = xix
• 1. Making Children's Rights Widely Known = 1
• Human Rights and Children = 3
• Human Rights in Literature = 6
• Children's Books and Children's Transformation = 9
• Reading in the Lives of Children = 12
• Human Rights Education = 14
• About This Book = 16
• Chapter Overviews = 21
• Crossing Boundaries in Childhood and Literature = 24
• Notes = 27
• 2. Participation Rights and the Voice of the Child = 33
• Children's Participation Rights under International Human Rights Law = 34
• Participation in Law and Narrative : "Down at the Bottom, We, Too, Should Have Rights" = 37
• Listening to Children : "Every Voice Counts!" = 41
• Beyond the Literary World : Participation in Children's Lives = 46
• Peter Rabbit Finds His Voice = 51
• Notes = 53
• 3. Confronting Discrimination, Pursuing Equality = 59
• Nondiscrimination under International Human Rights Law = 61
• Equality and Nondiscrimination in Law and Narrative : "A Person's a Person" = 65
• Discrimination Based on Race and Ethnicity : "Us" and "Them" = 65
• Sex Discrimination : "You Can't Be Peter - That's a Boy's Name" = 70
• Disability and Discrimination : "They Fear You Because You're Different" = 74
• Children's Experience of Discrimination : "You're Too Small. Grow Up Quicker" = 77
• Discrimination beyond the Literary World : Education and Opportunity = 81
• You Can Teach a Sneetch = 84
• Notes = 85
• 4. Identity Rights and Family Rights = 91
• Children's Right to an Identity under International Human Rights Law = 93
• Identity Rights in Children's Literature : "But Not Ferdinand" = 94
• Children's Right to a Family under International Human Rights Law = 99
• Family Rights in Children's Literature : "Are You My Mother?" = 102
• Orphaned and Abandoned Children in Literature = 103
• Resilient Children in Literature : "We Wanted a Family So Bad, All of Us" = 106
• What We Learn from Listening to Children = 108
• The Interdependence of Rights = 112
• Notes = 112
• 5. Civil and Political Rights of Children : Accountability with Dignity = 117
• Children's Civil and Political Rights under International Human Rights Law = 121
• Juvenile Justice in Children's Literature : "Lock That Naughty Monkey Up Right Away" = 123
• Branding the Offender : Harry Potter and the Badge of Shame = 117
• Restorative Justice : The Wind in the Willows = 131
• Children's Accountability beyond Formal Systems : Little House on the Prairie = 137
• Discipline and the Rights of the Child = 138
• Notes = 139
• 6. Securing Child Well-Being : The Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights of the Child = 143
• The Development of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights = 144
• Health Rights in Law and Literature = 145
• Education Rights in Law and Literature : "Nothing but the Facts" = 148
• Protection from Economic Exploitation in Law and Literature = 152
• Early Efforts to Secure Children's Safety : Chimney Sweeps = 154
• Children as Collective Actors = 157
• The Right to Play in Law and Literature : "Poetry and Hums" = 160
• The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living in Law and Literature = 163
• Our Basic Rights = 164
• Notes = 165
• 7. Adults in the World of Children's Literature = 169
• Perpetrators of Human Rights Violations : "Off with Her Head!" = 171
• Protectors of Human Rights : "I Have to Protect Them" = 175
• Children's Defenders as Parens Patriae = 179
• When Adults Don't Listen : "I'm Sorry, What Were You Saying?" = 181
• Emerging Partnerships between Adults and Children = 184
• Adults in the Audience of Children's Literary Adventures = 191
• Mutual Respect = 191
• Notes = 193
• 8. Reading, Rights, and the Best Interests of the Child = 197
• Returning to the Core of Children's Rights = 198
• Illustrating the Best Interests of the Child = 203
• The Children's Challenge to Us : "Where Are You Going with This?" = 206
• The Reading Experience = 207
• The Child as Citizen = 208
• Human Rights Advocacy = 209
• Educating Adults, Informing Policy = 209
• Where We Go from Here = 210
• A Human Rights Culture = 211
• Notes = 212
• Appendix 1 : U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child = 215
• Appendix 2 : Discrimination against Children = 237
• Appendix 3 : Cinderella around the World = 239
• Appendix 4 : Empirical Study : How Children Interpret Human Rights in Stories = 243
• Children's Literature Bibliography = 245
• Bibliography = 251
• For more information = 271
• Index = 273