Where are the Non-White Children Characters in Children’s Literature?

Content : Presentation of the collection by the publisher:

The different titles offer a collection of books, re-editions and talks on current research and practices in the field of representations within the production of children’s books in France.

The question of representations in children's literature, whether in terms of "diversities", visibilities" or "the fight against stereotypes", is over-mediatized, mainly through the polemical prism of so-called "cancel culture" and the alleged dangers of "wokism".

These discourses go hand in hand with an invisibilization of the numerous research into representations in children's literature and their consequences for children. We feel it is urgent to make accessible to all interested parties, professional or not, the knowledge and practices that exist on these subjects.

The book:

Have you often encountered non-white children's characters in children's books? What is at stake in their representation?
In this essay, researcher Sarah Ghelam analyzes the entire French production of children's books with at least one non-white child character from 2010 to 2023, i.e. nearly 400 books.
Highlighting the importance of a diversity of representations and the consequences of their absence in children's literature, this book offers everyone the chance to develop a critical eye and concrete tools for (re)thinking their bookcase.

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