The Use of Images to Explore the Indigenous Experience of Conflict in Australian Children's Picturebooks
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| Article Title | The Use of Images to Explore the Indigenous Experience of Conflict in Australian Children's Picturebooks |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 34694 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Baguley, Margaret and Kerby, Martin |
| Journal Title | Bookbird: a journal of international children's literature |
| Journal Citation | 61 (3), pp. 55-64 |
| Number of Pages | 9 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publisher | The Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Place of Publication | United States |
| ISSN | 0006-7377 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/903440 |
| Abstract | Australian children’s picturebook authors and illustrators who choose armed conflict as their subject matter inevitably grapple with the paradox that, while war is a central component of national identity, the experience of Indigenous peoples remains, at best, underrepresented. This article uses the ideational, interpersonal, and textual metafunctions developed by Clare Painter et al. to compare how the Indigenous experience of conflict is represented in the Australian children’s picturebooks Alfred’s War (Bin |
| Keywords | Children's picture books, Indigenous children's picture books, war, conflict, national identity, Battle of Meewah, First Nations |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 4501. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history |
| 3606. Visual arts | |
| 470208. Culture, representation and identity | |
| Public Notes | https://researchadmin.usq.edu.au/z0w6y/the-use-of-images-to-explore-... |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Education |
| Institute for Resilient Regions |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z0w6y/the-use-of-images-to-explore-the-indigenous-experience-of-conflict-in-australian-children-s-picturebooks
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