Shakespeare in Children's Literature: Gender and Cultural Capital: 58 (Children's Literature and Culture)

by Erica Hateley (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2008

  $156.15

  Looks at the genre of Shakespeare-for-children. Drawing on feminist theory and sociology, the author demonstrates how Shakespeare for children utilizes the cultural capital of 'Shakespeare', and the pedagogical aspects of children's literature, to perpetuate anachronistic forms of identity and authority.