The essays in this collection address the interplay between nationalism and cultural memory in a range of texts both for and about young people. The overall volume is concerned with how cultural memory is shaped, contested, forgotten, recovered, and (re)circulated, sometimes in opposition to dominant national narratives, and often for the benefit of young readers who are assumed not to possess any prior cultural memory. From research on young adult novels aimed at providing a pro-nuclear message for a Cold War generation; through East Germany's 1960s ideologies neatly packaged in a text on architecture for the children of the German Democratic Republic; to investigations on how children negotiate play, religion, and class during a crucial period of subjective development, the scope of these papers provides a critical look into children, their roles, and ideologies of childhood. A broad spectrum of text, film, and other cultural forms aimed at or about children help to shape nationalist ideas and values, and these in turn contribute to dominant discourses about citizenship. Childhood, as these papers insinuate, is an oft-imagined idealist construction based in large part on participation, identity, and perception; it is invisible and tangible, exciting and intriguing, and at times elusive even as cultural and literary artifacts recreate it. This collection is a valuable resource to scholars of children's literature and culture, diaspora, and postcolonial studies.
Heather Snell is Associate Professor of English at the University of Winnipeg, Canada
Lorna Hutchison is Visiting Assistant Professor in Children's Literature at Metropolitan State University of Denver, US
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