LEADER 04139nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910456493703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a94-012-0050-5 024 7 $a10.1163/9789401200509 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039452 035 $a(EBL)735592 035 $a(OCoLC)741493000 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000521773 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12186597 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521773 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10523550 035 $a(PQKB)11007748 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC735592 035 $a(OCoLC)751988842 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789401200509 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL735592 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10483641 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039452 100 $a20110729d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCreating the national mosaic$b[electronic resource] $emulticulturalism in Canadian children's literature from 1950 to 1994 /$fMiriam Verena Richter 210 $aAmsterdam $cRodopi$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (374 p.) 225 1 $aCross/cultures ;$v133 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-420-3351-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary Material -- National Identity-Formation -- The Canadian Situation -- Canadian Cultural Policy with Regard to Children?s Culture and Literature -- The Immigrant Experience as Depicted in Anglo-Canadian Youth Fiction 1950?1994 -- The Development of Canadian Multicultural Children?s Literature Conclusion and Outlook for the Future -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aThe Canadian Multicultural Mosaic has long been recognized as an ? if not the ? outstanding characteristic of the Canadian nation at home and abroad. It has, further, come to be regarded as a model worldwide of a well-functioning culturally diverse society. This first book-length study of Canadian multicultural children?s literature sets out to explore how literature for the young has contributed to the creation of the country?s multicultural discourse as well as to the construction of its national identity. In this context, children?s literature possesses particular significance, as juvenile literature by nature serves an educational purpose which extends to forming and informing the next generation of a country?s citizens. In order to achieve a deeper understanding of the complex structures at work, not only the fictional works themselves but also Canada?s policy with regard to children?s culture and literature have been examined. In order to provide an optimally comprehensive picture, chapters include, among other aspects, information on public library services for immigrant children, on Canadian research collections specializing in children?s literature, on Canadian publishing for children, and on promotional activities. The works of fiction examined cover the period from 1950 to 1994 ? thus illustrating the development of the nation?s multicultural discourse ? and include various Canadian regions as well as protagonists belonging to different ethnic groups. While the approach is interdisciplinary, the novels discussed are above all read against the tenets of Canadian multiculturalism as manifested in such core documents as Prime Minister Trudeau?s 1971 parliamentary declaration and the 1988 Canadian Multiculturalism Act. The chief objective of the present study is to understand the interdependence between ideology, children?s literature, and the creation of a national discourse. 410 0$aCross/cultures ;$v133. 606 $aChildren's literature, Canadian 606 $aMulticulturalism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aChildren's literature, Canadian. 615 0$aMulticulturalism. 676 $a810.9/9282/0904 700 $aRichter$b Miriam Verena$0871575 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456493703321 996 $aCreating the national mosaic$91945595 997 $aUNINA