A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Multicultural Literature and the Use of Literature in Multicultural Education in Finland
Authors: Juli-Anna Aerila, Lydia Kokkola
Publisher: IBBY
Publishing place: The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA
Publication year: 2013
Journal: Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
Article number: 5
Number in series: 2
Volume: 51
Issue: 2
First page : 39
Last page: 50
ISSN: 0006-7377
Abstract
This paper traces the presentation of these traditional minority groups in Finland and the emergence of literature incorporating the more recently arrived groups of immigrants in the history of Finnish language children´s literature. We contextualize the development of multicultural themes in children´s literature within the history of Finnish nation-building and the county´s struggles for indepence. We conlude with brief consideration of how these less than ideal books might, nevertheless, serve to promote pluralism.
This paper traces the presentation of these traditional minority groups in Finland and the emergence of literature incorporating the more recently arrived groups of immigrants in the history of Finnish language children´s literature. We contextualize the development of multicultural themes in children´s literature within the history of Finnish nation-building and the county´s struggles for indepence. We conlude with brief consideration of how these less than ideal books might, nevertheless, serve to promote pluralism.
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