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Scholars in the field of children’s literature studies began taking an interest in the concept of “liminal spaces” around the turn of the 21st century. For the first time, Liminal Spaces in Children’s and Young Adult Literature: Stories from the In Between brings together in one volume a collection of original essays on this topic by leading children’s literature scholars. The contributors in this collection take a wide variety of approaches to their explorations of liminal spaces in children’s and young adult literature. Some discuss how children’s books portray the liminal nature of physical spaces, such as the children’s room in a library. Others deal with more abstract portrayals, such as the imaginary space where Max goes to escape the reality of his bedroom in Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. All of the contributors, however, provide keen insights into how liminal spaces figure in children’s and young adult literature.
Mark I. West is professor in the English department at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Exploring the Liminal Spaces in Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Mark I. WestPart One: Essays Focusing on Themes and GenresChapter One: The Library as a Liminal Space: A Composite Portrait, Claudia MillsChapter Two: “There’s more to life than mops and pails”: Liminal Spaces in Picturebooks, Anne K. PhillipsChapter Three: Negotiating Generational Conflict: Queer and Trans Interventions in YA Fiction, Jonathan AlexanderChapter Four: The Healing Power of Liminal Spaces in African American Children’s Literature, Mark I. WestChapter Five: Asian Americans Find Liminal Spaces to Combat Racism and Erasure, Katharine Kittredge and Paige D’EncarnacaoChapter Six: Jouets Trouvés: Found Objects and Porthole Fantasies in Children’s Liminal Spaces, Scott G. EberleChapter Seven: Secret Gardens and Spiritual Gestation: The Fecundity of Liminal Metaphors in the Children's Literature of Frances Hodgson Burnett and C. S. Lewis, Terry LindvallPart Two: Essays Focusing on Individual NovelsChapter Eight: The Architecture of Girlhood: Gendered Spaces in Louisa Tuthill’s Reality; or the Millionaire’s Daughter, Laura HakalaChapter Nine: Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows as Horror: Children, Motorcars, and the Liminal Space of the Road, Eric L. TribunellaChapter Ten: Riding “an enchanted horse with invisible wings”: Velvet Brown's Liminal Space in National Velvet, Kathy Merlock JacksonChapter Eleven: An Escape to Liminal Spaces in Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia, Trina Marie RumfeltChapter Twelve: Carrying My Family in a Suitcase: Exploring Liminal Space in Christopher Paul Curtis’s Bud, Not Buddy, Jan SusinaChapter Thirteen: It’s a Small Liminal World After All: Being on the Limbo Ride in Libba Bray’s Going Bovine, Michele D. CastlemanChapter Fourteen: The Hope and Hardship of Liminality: Homelessness in Katherine Applegate's Crenshaw, Paula T. ConnollyChapter Fifteen: Double Consciousness and Liminality in Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter, Sarah MinslowAbout the Contributors
Together, the essays in this readable and enlightening collection testify to the centrality of liminal spaces in children's literature.