Asian Children’s Literature and Film in a Global Age: Local, National, and Transnational Trajectories (1st ed. 2020) (Asia-Pacific and Literature in English)

Synopsis

This volume provides a key analysis of Asian children’s literature and film and creates a dialogue between East and West and between the cultures from which they emerge, within the complex symbiosis of their local, national and transnational frameworks. In terms of location and content the book embraces a broad scope, including contributions related to the Asian-American diaspora, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan. Individually and collectively, these essays broach crucial questions: What elements of Asian literature and film make them distinctive, both within their own specific culture and within the broader Asian area? What aspects link them to these genres in other parts of the world? How have they represented and shaped the societies and cultures they inhabit? What moral codes do they address, underpin, or contest? The volume provides further voice to the increasingly diverse and fascinating output of the region and emphasises the importance of Asian art forms as depictions of specific cultures but also of their connection to broader themes in children’s texts, and scholarship within this field.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9789811526312

Related ISBNs:

9789811526305

Publisher:

Springer Singapore, Singapore

Date of Addition:

05/27/20

Copyrighted By:

Springer

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Nonfiction, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Sharmani Patricia Gabriel

Edited by:

Bernard Wilson