Open AccessCross-Generational Negotiations: Asian Australian Picture Books
Author(s) -
Clare Bradford
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
papers (victoria park)/papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1837-4530
pISSN - 1034-9243
DOI - 10.21153/pecl2007vol17no2art1193
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , negotiation , magic (telescope) , cross cultural , cultural diversity , diversity (politics) , art , focus (optics) , history , sociology , aesthetics , literature , gender studies , anthropology , social science , pedagogy , physics , quantum mechanics , optics
The picture books which focus on the everyday experiences of children growing up in a multicultural society, where cultural diversity is very often symbolised by objects or artifacts whose production and meanings involve cross-cultural negotiations are discussed. The books discussed are Old Magic, Grandpa and Ah Gong, Grandpa's Mask, What a Mess, and Fang Fang.