Secrets, Lies and Children’s Fiction

• Author(s): K. Mallan,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 238
• ISBN_10: 1137274662
  ISBN_13: 9781137274663
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Children's Studies , Literary Criticism / Children's & Young Adult Literature , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Social Science / General , Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family , Family & Relationships / Life Stages / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a necessary means of survival for individuals, families, governments, and animals.