EDITORIAL

Abstract

Special Issue: “Boys and Men in Children's and Young Adult Literature”
Editorial – Edited by
Meni Kanatsouli
Professor Emerita, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

The study of masculinity within the framework of Gender Studies—and especially in relation to children’s literature—is relatively recent, essentially dating back to the end of the previous century. Even so, after the seminal collective volume Ways of Being Male: Representing Masculinities in Children’s Literature and Film, edited by John Stephens (2002), we have not encountered a comprehensive overview of more recent perspectives on boys and men in children's literature. From this standpoint, the present special issue, comprising 11 articles by 13 authors/contributors, is of particular interest, as it highlights both contemporary children's books and new scholarly perspectives on masculinities.