Silence and Absence in the Political Discourse on Section 28 and Children’s Literature in the United Kingdom

This article considers the previously unexamined political uses of children’s literature in the 1986–1988 British Parliamentary debates of the legislation that became Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988. This law, now repealed, prohibited the “promotion” of homosexuality and “pretended” sam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joshua Simpson
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Svenska Barnboksinstitutet 2020-12-01
Series:Barnboken: Tidskrift för Barnlitteraturforskning
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Online Access:https://barnboken.net/index.php/clr/article/view/515