Abelson, Robert P., 14
abject/abjection, 83, 88, 90, 91
and accuracy, 127–8
Aeschylus, The Oresteia, 89–90
affect, 2, 8, 42, 48, 98, 124, 148, 158, 159, 162, 163
Ahlberg, Janet and Allan, 16, 22
Alexie, Sherman, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, 46–8
Alice in Wonderland (film), 128
Aliens, 86
Almond, David, Clay, 153–5
Anderson, M. T., Feed, 49, 51–5
antecedent seriality, 127–8, 136–7, 144, 146
anthropocentrism, 110, 115, 116, 118
Appadurai, Arjun, 9, 38, 43, 50, 59, 61–2, 72, 73–5
appropriation, 131, 132, 133–4, 135, 141–5
cultural, 75
Ardis, Ann, 85
Athanasiou, Athena, 152
Augé, Marc, 72
Austen, Jane, Pride and Prejudice, 133–4
Auty, Susan, 91
Babcock, Joe, The Boys and the Bees, 95, 103–5
Baccolini, Raffaela, 8, 10, 39, 40, 56 n.4
Baggett, David, 4
Baillie, Allan, Old Magic, 19–23
Barry, Peter, 2
Base, Graeme, Uno’s Garden, 115–17
Baudrillard, Jean, 9, 161, 162
Bayet-Charlton, Fabienne, 119
Bear, Greg, Blood Music, 139–40
Bell, Elizabeth, 79
Bhabha, Homi, 1
Bhabha, Jacqueline, 35 n.5
Blackman, Malorie, Noughts & Crosses, 41
body/bodies, 25, 53, 83, 85, 86, 88, 89, 95, 104, 149
children’s, 94
cross-dressed, 99
transgender, 100
transnational, 75
Bolter, David J., 167 n.6
Bolton, Christopher, 155–7
Botting, Fred, 82
Bradford, Clare, 7, 8, 10, 18, 46, 49, 109, 113, 161
Branch, Michael P., 111
Brim, Warren, Creatures of the Rainforest, 121–2
Brockmeier, Jens, 109
Brooks, Cleanth, 2
Browne, Anthony, The Big Baby, 31
Buckingham, David, 81
Butler, Charles, 94
Butler, Judith, 4, 94–5, 98, 102, 103, 106, 107
Byron, Glennis, 86
Calcutt, Lyn, 13
Carroll, Lewis, Alice in Wonderland, 135–6
Carter, Paul, 47
Cartmell, Deborah, 131
Cheney, Jim, 112
Clough, Patricia Ticineto, 147–8, 162, 163, 164, 165
Clover, Carol, 81
cognitive estrangement, 54, 56 n.5
cognitive poetics, 9, 10, 12–34
empathic imagination, 31–4
and memory, 14–16
and metonymy, 23–4
Cold War, 57–8
Commoner, Barry, 109
computer-animated films, 80
Cooper, Michelle, The Rage of Sheep, 14–16
cultural capital, 129, 134, 136, 138, 144
cultural geography, 10, 37–8, 41–4
Cultural Materialism, 2
culture jamming, 67
cyberculture, 73
cyborgs, 4, 148–51, 155–8, 161
Delany, Samuel R., 40
de Lauretis, Teresa, 107 n.1
Deleuze, Gilles, 9, 154, 158–9
de Man, Paul, 3
Descartes, René, 149–50, 167 n.1
desire, 84–91, 97, 100, 104, 118, 138, 147, 156, 157, 161
consumerist, 63–5
Deleuzian, 158
imitative, 130
nostalgic, 77
Oedipal, 80, 85–6, 87, 103, 104–6, 108 n.6
utopian, 37, 39, 40, 49, 54, 55
Disney animations, 79, 80, 92 n.1
Dixon, Bob, 79
Dryzek, John, 109
Earthsea, 140–1
ecocitizenship, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117
and children’s literature, 113–25
history of, 110–13
and postcolonial theory, 119–22
sustainability, 113
education
and colonialism, 46
and globalization, 61
and homophobia, 103–6
Eglitis, Anna, Creatures of the Rainforest, 121–2
environmentalism, 60, 64, 110, 111, 112, 119
and children’s texts, 109, 110, 113–25
discourses of, 109, 113, 114, 119
and postcolonialism, 119–22
Escobar, Arturo, 38
Falk, Richard, 59
feminism, 2, 6, 8, 10, 81, 90, 93, 107–8, 143, 151, 158
monstrous feminine, 80–90
Fiedler, Leslie, 82
Fish, Stanley, 1
Galeano, Eduardo, 39
Gallese, Vittorio, 98
Gantz, Katherine, 107 n.1
gender, 13, 26, 80, 90, 94, 96, 111, 147, 151, 159
and environmentalism, 112, 122–4
post-gender, 151
and sexuality, 95
Ghost in the Shell, 155–7, 158, 160, 161, 162, 165
Gibbs, Raymond W., 15
Giddens, Anthony, 45
Gilmore, David, 85, 86, 90, 91
Giroux, Henry, 81
globalization, 9, 10, 22, 35 n.3, 38, 41–4, 57–78
and consumer culture, 62–7
and culture, 60
and glocalization, 20–2, 35 n.3, 59–77
and local culture, 10, 12–13, 20–2, 41–4, 59–62, 77
and time, 58
Glotfelty, Cheryll, 111
Goldberg, Jonathan, 99
gothic genre, 80
and children’s literature, 80
and maternity, 82
Graham, Bob, This Is Our House, 22, 23–4, 26
Grahame-Smith, Seth, Pride and prejudice and zombies, 133–4, 144
Greder, Armin, The Island (Die Insel), 22, 26–31
Greene, Brian, 162–3
Guattari, Felix, 154, 158, 159
Gutierrez, Anna Katrina, 35 n.3
Halberstam, Judith, 90, 107, 152, 157, 160
Hanke, Robert, 92 n.2
Happy Feet, 117–19
Hardin, Curtis, 29
Harmer, Wendy, I Lost My Mobile at the Mall, 73–6
Harré, Rom, 109
Hayles, Katherine, 152, 157, 161–2
Hinkins, Jill, 64
Holmes, David, 71
Huber, Herbert, 28
Huggan, Graham, 19, 35 n.6, 113
Hurley, Kelly, 83
Hutcheon, Linda, 8, 127–34, 144, 145 n.1
hyperreality, 161–2
information technologies, 61, 147, 162
Ingpen, Robert, Ziba Came on A Boat, 22, 31–3
Jackson, Anna, 7
Jones, Diana Wynne, 129
Kalman, Bobbie, 18–20
Katzenberg, Jeffrey, 92 n.2
Kennedy, Barbara, 158
Kenway, Jane, 62
Kermode, Frank, 5
Khorana, Meena G., 41
Kidd, Kenneth, 94
Kincaid, James, 97
Kiss Me Kate, 137
Klein, Naomi, 66
Klein, Shawn, 4
Knox, Jean, 25
Kolodny, Annette, 112
Kristeva, Julia, 9, 81, 85, 88–90
Krosoczka, Jarrett J., The Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute, 150–1
Kutzer, M. Daphne, 17
Kuznets, Lois, 155
Kymlicka, Will, 12, 17, 18, 35 n.5
Laird, Elizabeth, The Garbage King, 68–70
Leavis, F. R., 2
Lee, Martyn J., 68
Lefebvre, Henri, 37
Le Guin, Ursula, 140–2
Lehr, Susan, 94
Levithan, David, Boy meets boy, 108 n.5
Lewis, Charlie, 91
Lewis, Matthew, The Monk, 82, 86
liberal humanism, 2, 3, 6, 70, 152, 165
Lofthouse, Liz, Ziba Came on A Boat, 22, 31–3
Lombroso, Cesare, 83
Lowry, Lois, The Giver, 40
machines, 149, 150, 151, 157, 158, 163, 165, 166
intelligent machines, 152, 161
MacLeod, Doug, Tumble Turn, 108 n.5
MacLeod, Gordon, 50
Maguire, Gregory, The Wicked Years, 142–4
Mallan, Kerry, 7, 10, 11, 94, 167 n.3
Mandler, Jean, 25–6
Neo-Marxism, 37
Massey, Geraldine, 10
Ma vie en rose, 95, 96, 100–1, 106
McCooey, David, 80
McEachern, Martin, 80
Miller, Susan, 91
in gothic literature, 80, 92 n.3
Misson, Ray, 4
Miyake, Okiko, 41
Miyazaki, Goro, Tales from Earthsea, 141–2
Miyazaki, Hayao, Princess Mononoke, 122–4
Monster House, 8, 10, 80–91, 92 n.3
Moore, Perry, Hero, 158, 159–60, 161
Morgan, Wendy, 4
Moylan, Tom, 40
Mühlhäusler, Peter, 109
multiculturalism, 12, 17, 75–6
and children’s literature, 13, 16, 17–34
post-multiculturalism, 18, 28–31
Naess, Arne, 113
New Historicism, 2
Nodelman, Perry, 7
Norton, Jody, 94
Oktober, Tricia, Rainforest, 119
Olson, Mark, 149
palimpsest, 9, 47, 130, 133, 146 n.3
Parish, Steve, Discover & Learn about Australian Forests and Woodlands, 119–22
parody, 133–4
Peace, Adrian, 109
Peters, Julie Anne, Luna, 95, 96, 97, 99–102, 108 n.3
Pordzik, Ralph, 48
postcolonial theory, 6, 7, 10, 36–7, 55, 113, 119–22
imperialism, 44
Indigenous peoples, 45–8
and spatiality, 44–8
and time, 44–5
post-structuralism, 1, 2, 4, 6, 37
Pratchett, Terry, Witches Abroad, 134–5
Prince, Stephen, 3
Princess Mononoke, 122–4
psychoanalytic theory, 1, 6, 7, 8, 10, 81–91, 94–107, 155
vagina dentata, 84–91
Punter, David, 86
queer, 95, 96, 98, 102, 103, 108, 143, 152
queer theory, 10, 106, 107, 108 n.1, 108 n.5
Rabinowitz, Rebecca, 94
Raschke, Jessica, 35 n.6
Reeve, Philip, Mortal Engines, 49–51, 54
refugees, 17, 18, 28, 29, 31, 34, 38
Reynolds, Kimberley, 7
Richards, I. A., 2
Riddle, Tohby, The Great Escape from City Zoo, 72–3, 75
The Singing Hat, 114–15
Riordan, Rick, Percy Jackson and the last olympian, 152–3
Ritzer, George, 60–1
Rode, Greg, 91
Rose, Jacqueline, 6
Rosen, Michael, This Is Our House, 22, 23–4, 26
Russell, Elaine, A is for Aunty, 45–6
Schank, Roger C., 14
science, 3, 11, 112, 139, 147, 148, 150, 151, 166
nanotechnology, 147, 148, 161, 166
technoscience, 147–66
Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky, 95, 96, 97, 103, 107 n.1
Seidman, Steven, 108 n.4
Selvadurai, Shyam, Funny Boy, 95, 96–7, 99, 101–3, 105, 108 n.3
Sendak, Maurice, Where the Wild Things Are, 36, 55
same-sex desire, 10, 94, 95, 102, 105, 108 n.5
Shakespeare, William, The Taming of the Shrew, 137–9
Shearer, Alex, The Speed of the Dark, 161
Slater, Pat, Discover & Learn about Australian Forests and Woodlands, 119–22
spatiality, 37–55
and globalization, 38, 41–4, 70–2
and relationality, 37
and utopianism, 37, 38–40, 48–55
Springer, Claudia, 149–50
Steger, Manfred B., 58
Stein, Karen, 92 n.3
Stephens, John, 6, 7, 10, 26, 35 n.2, 36, 42, 58, 79, 94
Stoker, Bram, Dracula, 80, 82, 86, 88, 89
subjectivity, 9, 26, 31, 32, 37, 42, 55, 56 n.3, 62, 75, 79, 90, 94, 99, 102, 112, 113, 117, 118, 119, 147
global, 75
intersubjectivity, 73, 75, 94, 96, 98, 101, 102, 103, 106
transgender, 10, 96–102, 103, 106, 107
Suvin, Darko, 56 n.5
Tales from Earthsea, 141–2
The Taming of the Shrew (Zeffirelli), 137
Tan, Shaun, The Lost Thing, 163–6
Tasker, Yvonne, 158
Taylor, Jonathan, 123
10 Things I Hate About You, 137–9
Terranova, Tiziana, 162
theory, 1–7
arguments about, 2–6
and children’s literature, 6–10
critical theory, 2
definitions, 1–2
and ethics, 8–9
post-theory, 1
see also cognitive poetics; cultural geography; feminism; postcolonial theory; psychoanalytic theory; queer, queer theory; reader-response theory; utopian theory
Thomas, George M., 60
Tolkien, J. R. R., 153
Tomlinson, John, 60
transgender, 10, 96–102, 103, 106, 107
transnationalism, 60, 62, 63, 66, 76
and bodies, 75
Trites, Roberta Seelinger, 94
Tsukioka, Izumi, 35 n.2
Urry, John, 72
dystopian misfit, 50–1
vagina dentata, 84–91
Vautier, Elaine, 23
Ward, Kevin, 50
Warren, Karen J., 112
Waters, Malcolm, 61
Wegner, Phil, 40
Westerfeld, Scott, So Yesterday, 66–7, 68
Wilkie-Stibbs, Christine, 7, 10
Wilkinson, Rick, Endangered!, 120–1
Winter, Kari, 92 n.3
Wisniewski, David, Golem, 153
The Wizard of Oz, 142–4
Wolfe, Cary, 152
Wortley, Emma, 67
Wright, Lucy, 123
Wu, Di, Old Magic, 19–23
Yoshimura, Kasumi, 29
Zeavin, Lynne, 90
Zipes, Jack, 92 n.1
Zoolander, 43