Power, Food, and Eating in Maurice Sendak and Henrik Drescher: "Where the Wild Things Are,""In the Night Kitchen," and "The Boy Who Ate Around.".

Keeling, Kara; Pollard, Scott

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ERIC Number: EJ587419

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Publication Date: 1999

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Power, Food, and Eating in Maurice Sendak and Henrik Drescher: "Where the Wild Things Are,""In the Night Kitchen," and "The Boy Who Ate Around."

Keeling, Kara; Pollard, Scott

Children's Literature in Education, v30 n2 p127-43 Jun 1999

Compares three children's novels and considers a child's attitude of dealing with frustrations versus struggling for power. Suggests that food and its associated codes and rituals are powerful social tools that can be used to create, maintain, or modify realms of inclusion and exclusion. (SC)

Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Food, Novels, Parent Child Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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