Forging a space for dialogue and negotiation in modern picture books by Melanie Florence
Canadian children’s literature has a relatively short history, which is not surprising because Canadian literature itself is a recent and problematic category, struggling for a definition and identity of its own. The lack of national homogeneity is reflected in both CanLit and its counterpart for ch...
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ftipviseu:oai:repositorio.ipv.pt:10400.19/7923 2023-10-09T21:51:34+02:00 Forging a space for dialogue and negotiation in modern picture books by Melanie Florence Amante, Susana 2023-09-15T08:24:31Z http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/7923 https://doi.org/10.2478/aa-2022-0009 eng eng http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/7923 doi:10.2478/aa-2022-0009 openAccess article 2023 ftipviseu https://doi.org/10.2478/aa-2022-0009 2023-09-20T00:09:20Z Canadian children’s literature has a relatively short history, which is not surprising because Canadian literature itself is a recent and problematic category, struggling for a definition and identity of its own. The lack of national homogeneity is reflected in both CanLit and its counterpart for children, and rather than being a weakness, the multitude of voices that inhabit the Canadian territory has become its essence and strength. Lately, we have noticed a growing interest and market demand for picture books by Indigenous voices. Melanie Florence is one such voice, and she honours her past by bringing to the fore the inescapable dark weight of collective tragedies such as the residential school system and the disappearance and murder of Aboriginal women and girls, a hidden national crisis. In this article, we aim at getting to know and help readers discover Missing Nimâmâ and Stolen Words by this new picture book writer, who is speaking up and voicing First Nations’ concerns, bringing back memories, but also forging a space for dialogue and negotiation, a space where text and illustration are combined and provide a harmonious whole. In this space, difference and binarisms do not result in dualism, but in highly synergistic relationships. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Repositório do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Ars Aeterna 14 2 22 36 |
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Canadian children’s literature has a relatively short history, which is not surprising because Canadian literature itself is a recent and problematic category, struggling for a definition and identity of its own. The lack of national homogeneity is reflected in both CanLit and its counterpart for children, and rather than being a weakness, the multitude of voices that inhabit the Canadian territory has become its essence and strength. Lately, we have noticed a growing interest and market demand for picture books by Indigenous voices. Melanie Florence is one such voice, and she honours her past by bringing to the fore the inescapable dark weight of collective tragedies such as the residential school system and the disappearance and murder of Aboriginal women and girls, a hidden national crisis. In this article, we aim at getting to know and help readers discover Missing Nimâmâ and Stolen Words by this new picture book writer, who is speaking up and voicing First Nations’ concerns, bringing back memories, but also forging a space for dialogue and negotiation, a space where text and illustration are combined and provide a harmonious whole. In this space, difference and binarisms do not result in dualism, but in highly synergistic relationships. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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