A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Multicultural Literature and the Use of Literature in Multicultural Education in Finland




AuthorsJuli-Anna Aerila, Lydia Kokkola

PublisherIBBY

Publishing placeThe John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA

Publication year2013

JournalBookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature

Article number5

Number in series2

Volume51

Issue2

First page 39

Last page50

ISSN0006-7377


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.



Last updated on 2024-26-11 at 11:12