The Impact of Political and Cultural Changes in the European Landscape of the 20th and 21st Centuries on Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Kümmerling-Meibauer, B., & Schulz, F. (Eds.). (2023). Political changes and transformations in twentieth and twenty-first century children’s literature. Universitätsverlag Winter.


Abstract

This review article discusses Political Changes and Transformations in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Children’s Literature, edited by Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer and Farriba Schulz (2023). The volume aims to consolidate international, interdisciplinary discourse on how political and cultural shifts in the European political landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries have influenced children’s and young adult literature. The author of the article provides a critical overview of the volume’s 17 contributions.

Keywords

child citizen; identity; ideology; migration; political issues; war

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Angelaki, R.-T. (2024). The Impact of Political and Cultural Changes in the European Landscape of the 20th and 21st Centuries on Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Dzieciństwo. Literatura I Kultura, 62, 167-186. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1503

Rosy-Triantafyllia Angelaki  angelaki@nured.auth.gr
Uniwersyt Arystotelesa w Salonikach  Greece
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5096-2211

Rosy-Triantafyllia Angelaki – Assistant Professor in the Department of Early Childhood Education in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Her research interests include children’s and young adult literature, history studies, memory studies, trauma studies, and ecofeminism. Contact: angelaki@nured.auth.gr.






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