The Politics of Text and Image in Children’s Culture

“This volume brings together superb articles from an impressive group of international scholars who ask us to think deeply about how children’s and YA literature are harnessed to promote global citizenship, challenge grand historical narratives, build historical knowledge, and transgress identity politics. It’s a valuable contribution to the global field of children’s and YA literature scholarship.”

Sarah Minslow, Associate Professor of Children’s and YA Literature, California State University, Los Angeles

“The edited volume The Politics of Text and Image in Children’s Culture: Contemporary Eastern Europe and Beyond offers a theoretically rich and timely examination of visual culture and the politicization of modern life in children’s literature. It offers a valuable contribution to multiple fields and for varied audiences attentive to the place and impact of children’s literature and picturebooks within and beyond Eastern European culture, politics, and visuality.”

Sara Pankenier Weld, Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara

“The Politics of Text and Image in Children’s Culture is a deeply engaged collection of scholarship that speaks to some of the most pressing issues of the present moment through the lens of children’s literature. Featuring contributions from highly regarded scholars of Eastern European children’s literature, this volume covers an impressive range of languages and cultural traditions, demonstrating both the diversity of contemporary Eastern European experience and the many intersections between these countries’ past and present realities.”

Ainsley Morse, Associate Professor of Comparative Slavic Literatures, University of California, San Diego

“The Politics of Text and Image in Children’s Culture is a long-overdue survey of trends and developments in contemporary children’s literature. Accessibly written and helpfully conceptualized, this illuminating volume provides a timely snapshot of the history of the present as seen through the lens of children’s literature.”

Serguei Alex. Oushakine, Professor of Anthropology and Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University

“For scholars interested in how aesthetic and visual form participate in the construction of historical memory, civic identity, and political subjectivity, the volume offers both a model and a body of evidence. At a moment when the political stakes of children’s culture in Eastern Europe could hardly be higher, it arrives with considerable urgency.”

Bibin K, The Journal of Popular Culture