Patricia Kennon
Doctorate
Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
National University of Maynooth
Ireland
Biography
I am a lecturer in children's literature, young adult (YA) literature and youth culture. I am the President of The Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature, a former President of the Irish national section of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) and a former Editor in Chief and Features Editor of Inis: The Children's Books Ireland Magazine. I won a NAIRTL award for innovation in lecturing and excellence in linking research, teaching and learning.
Research Interest
Intersections of childhood, young adulthood and power in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Publications
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2016 'Childhood, Power, and Travel in Salvatore Rubbino’s Picture Books: A Walk in the City' Kennon, Patricia (2016) 'Childhood, Power, and Travel in Salvatore Rubbino’s Picture Books: A Walk in the City'. JEUNESSE: YOUNG PEOPLE, TEXTS, CULTURES, 8.1 :20-41
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2017 'Monsters of Men: Masculinity and the Other in Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking Series' Patricia Kennon (2017) 'Monsters of Men: Masculinity and the Other in Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking Series'. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 37 (1):25-34
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2014 '‘Building Bridges To Intercultural Understanding: The Other in Contemporary Irish Children’s Literature.’' Dr Patricia Kennon (2014) '‘Building Bridges To Intercultural Understanding: The Other in Contemporary Irish Children’s Literature.’' In: Our Chums in the Family of Nations: Internationalism in Children’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan.
