Mums, Dads and the Kids: Representations of Rainbow Families in Children's Picture Books

Autor/inn/en	Hedberg, Lara; Venzo, Paul; Young, Helen
Titel	Mums, Dads and the Kids: Representations of Rainbow Families in Children's Picture Books
Quelle	In: Journal of LGBT Youth, 19 (2022) 2, S.198-216 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Venzo, Paul)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1936-1653
DOI	10.1080/19361653.2020.1779164
Schlagwörter	Childrens Literature; Picture Books; LGBTQ People; Family Structure; Social Bias; Stereotypes; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Klischee; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Picture books depicting LGBTI + families now form a significant sub-genre within children's literature. However, despite significant scholarship on representations of queer people in child and young adult literature generally, the way rainbow families are depicting in picture books, in particular, has received rather less attention. This paper seeks to address the need for further critical insight in this area. By undertaking a survey of approximately 60 different examples of children's picture books depicting rainbow families, key themes and representational strategies are identified in order to uncover how such families are represented, and the dominant discourses that attend them. Our contention is that while there is a significant number of children's picture books depicting rainbow families, only a relative few are consistently visible and discussed, so that stakeholders may find it challenging to access a diverse range of resources in this area. Nevertheless, we argue that because this sub-genre of children's literature is still developing, evidence suggests that there is also a small but important number of contemporary texts that have the potential to expand the ways in which LGBTIQ + families are depicted. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01