Giuliana Fenech

List of John Benjamins publications in which Giuliana Fenech is involved.

Title

Geopolitics and Activism in Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Edited by Giuliana Fenech and Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak

This volume explores how literature for young readers shapes and is informed by the geopolitical realities of our world. Bringing together perspectives from across the globe, the volume shows how children’s and YA texts foster young people’s agency by engaging with national identity, conflict,… read more

[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 18] 2026. ix, 229 pp. + index | open access

Article

Deszcz-Tryhubczak, Justyna and Giuliana Fenech 2026 Introduction: Children’s and young adult literature, agency, and geopolitics Geopolitics and Activism in Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Fenech, Giuliana and Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Chapter

This introductory chapter offers an overview of current concepts and research approaches relevant to young people’s negotiations of their geopolitical contexts, including their embodied, located, and grounded experiences. Moreover, highlighting the connections between national and transcultural,… read more