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Towards Active Citizens : Landscape, Nationalism and Politics in 20th Century British and Australian Children's Literature.

Bigger, Stephen and Cox, Robyn (2008) Towards Active Citizens : Landscape, Nationalism and Politics in 20th Century British and Australian Children's Literature. In: Landscape and Heritage One Day Conference, 3rd November 2008, University of Worcester. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This paper compares and contrasts different approaches to the landscape as heritage as expressed by selected writers for children. This paper contrasts some English attitudes and values in writers in the 20th century, selected for their particular concern for landscape issues and certainly not homogenous. This is contrasted with the political
sensitivities brought about by colonialism in Australia, in particular about portrayal of Aborigines and use of their stories in publications for children, stories which focus on their intimate relationship with their heritage landscape. Stories encourage children to be environmental
activists and hold the promise of inclusion and social equity.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: Research Focus Conference, landscape, heritage, children's literature, Britain, Australia, Aboriginal tales, Australian Aboriginal population
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PZ Childrens literature
Divisions: College of Arts, Humanities and Education > School of Education
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Depositing User: Janet Davidson
Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2009 15:02
Last Modified: 08 Jun 2021 09:25
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/553

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