ABSTRACT
Demonstrating the aesthetic, cultural, political and intellectual diversity of children’s literature across the globe, The Routledge Companion to International Children’s Literature is the first volume of its kind to focus on the undervisited regions of the world. With particular focus on Asia, Africa and Latin America, the collection raises awareness of children’s literature and related media as they exist in large regions of the world to which ‘mainstream’ European and North American scholarship pays very little attention.
Sections cover:
• Concepts and theories
• Historical contexts and national identity
• Cultural forms and children’s texts
• Traditional story and adaptation
• Picture books across the majority world
• Trends in children’s and young adult literatures.
Exposition of the literary, cultural and historical contexts in which children’s literature is produced, together with an exploration of intersections between these literatures and more extensively researched areas, will enhance access and understanding for a large range of international readers. The essays offer an ideal introduction for those newly approaching literature for children in specific areas, looking for new insights and interdisciplinary perspectives, or interested in directions for future scholarship.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|84 pages
Concepts and theories
chapter 2|9 pages
The unhu literary gaze
chapter 6|9 pages
“The Trees, they have long memories”
chapter 8|10 pages
The construction of a modern child and a Chinese national character
part II|73 pages
Historical contexts and national identity
chapter 12|9 pages
“Breaking the mirror”
part III|80 pages
Cultural forms and children’s texts
chapter 21|9 pages
Every which way
chapter 22|9 pages
Old/new media for Muslim children in English and Arabic
chapter 23|9 pages
Brazilian children’s literature and booklet literature
part IV|62 pages
Traditional story and adaptation
chapter 25|11 pages
“M’Riddle, M’Riddle, M’Yanday, O”
part V|80 pages
Picture books across the majority world
chapter 36|9 pages
Early childhood literature in Brazil and Mexico
part VI|88 pages
Trends in children’s and young adult literatures