{"product_id":"how-to-read-like-an-anti-fascist-storytelling-and-narrative-literacy-for-young-people-hardback-9781531509798","title":"How to Read Like an Anti-Fascist; Storytelling and Narrative Literacy for Young People (Hardback) 9781531509798","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHow to Read Like an Anti-Fascist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStorytelling and Narrative Literacy for Young People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnnette Wannamaker (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531509798\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 4 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.417 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Concerned about fascism’s rising popularity in the United States? \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Like an Antifascist\u003c\/i\u003e can help you fight back. While historicizing the present, Wannamaker shows us how critical reading can counter the seductions of authoritarian narratives and, in so doing, how we can fight the accelerating assaults on public education, history, and civil rights. Read it. And bring a copy to your next school board meeting.\" - Philip Nel, author of \u003ci\u003eWas the Cat in the Hat Black?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Responding to authoritarian tendencies in modern American politics, \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Like an Anti-Fascist \u003c\/i\u003eshares a measured perspective on the deeper consequences of story structures.\" - \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the urgent need to promote critical reading skills amidst rising authoritarianism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Children's author Philip Pullman famously said that \"There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.\" While the recent rise of fascist ideology in the United States might seem a subject too large and adult to be dealt with in literature for children or teens, Annette Wannamaker proposes in \u003ci\u003eHow to Read Like an Anti-Fascist \u003c\/i\u003ethat there are books aimed at future generations which critique and counter fascist propaganda and mythmaking.\u003cbr\u003e Works of literature can reflect fascist ideology and promote it as well, but Wannamaker proposes that some books also offer tools for understanding it. Books written for beginners can introduce readers to complex concepts, break big ideas into manageable parts, and teach readers how to read the world outside of the book. Antifascist books are ones that analyze fascistic rhetoric and storytelling, educate about America's long history of authoritarianism, and highlight various facets of fascism such as scapegoating others and reasserting patriarchal power.\u003cbr\u003e From \"The Emperor's New Clothes\" and the tales of Superman to Mildred Taylor's \u003ci\u003eRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry\u003c\/i\u003e, the 1619 Project and contemporary works such as \u003ci\u003eAll Boys Aren't Blue \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDonald Builds the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, Wannamaker shows how the ethos of authoritarianism is characterized by a strict hierarchy that places children at its very bottom. In doing so, she argues convincingly that books written for young people can provide a particular view from the bottom, a perspective well-suited to interrogating systems of power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e: Fascism, Resistance, and the Confounding Case of \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter\u003c\/i\u003e   ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: American Neofascism, the Child, and Children's Literature   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003eStories about Stories: Reading Fascistic Rhetoric   31\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003eThe Order of Story   65\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003eFascism Is the Patriarchy   86\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \u003c\/b\u003eFrom Margin to Center: An(Other) Point of View   111\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e: The Ends of Story   135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  153\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  155\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  183\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619268882712,"sku":"9781531509798","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/how-to-read-like-an-anti-fascist-storytelling-and-narrative-literacy-for-young-people-hardback-9781531509798","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}