Unpacking Refugee Flight: Critical Content Analysis of Picturebooks Featuring Refugee Protagonists

Autor/in	Strekalova-Hughes, Ekaterina
Titel	Unpacking Refugee Flight: Critical Content Analysis of Picturebooks Featuring Refugee Protagonists
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multicultural Education, 21 (2019) 2, S.23-44 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-5267
Schlagwörter	Refugees; Childrens Literature; Picture Books; Power Structure; Self Concept; Definitions; International Organizations; Safety; Land Settlement; Teaching Methods; Fear; Content Analysis; Race; Critical Theory; War; Violence; Cultural Pluralism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Selbstkonzept; Begriffsbestimmung; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Sicherheit; Siedlungsraum; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Furcht; Inhaltsanalyse; Rasse; Abstammung; Kritische Theorie; Krieg; Gewalt; Kulturpluralismus
Abstract	In this paper, I analyze representations of refugee flight in children's literature to extrapolate related assumptions about power and agency. The findings suggest that picturebooks tend to adhere to refugee flight as a bureaucratic process and refugee as an institutionally imposed standardized identity. Specifically, stories canonically mirror the legal UNHCR definition of a refugee, establishing forced-to-flee narratives, centering persecution, and corroborating well-founded fear. Collectively, stories mask what leads to persecution and distribute power to essentialized "safe" countries resettling refugees. The implications call for diversity of representation and invite teachers to critically unpack contexts of refugee flight. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01