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Childhood in Postmodern Times

Authors: Bubíková Šárka

Year: 2009

Type of publication: ostatní - přednáška nebo poster

Page from-to: nestránkováno

Titles:

Language	Name	Abstract	Keywords
cze	Dětství v postmoderní době	Příspěvek analyzoval zobrazení dětství v postmoderní, multikulturníspolečnosti na příkladu románu Meery Syal Anita and Me a Zadie Smithové White Teeth.	dětství;dospívání;postmoderní doba;multikulturalismus
eng	Childhood in Postmodern Times	The paper focused on the literary depictions of childhood in postmodern situation. Using Nathan Glazer?s theory of multiculturalism and its key elements and Steven Mintz?s definition of the concept of postmodern childhood, I analyzed two novels ? Meera Syal?s Anita and Me (1996) and Zadie Smith?s White Teeth (2000) to see how the figure of a child is seen in them. I addressed issues such as child?s identity in multicultural situation, dual (or possibly multiple) heritage and its impact on the process of growing up, recombinant lifestyles and revisions of history.	childhood;growing-up;postmodernism;multiculturalism