The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children’s Picture Books
Jennifer Miller, "The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children’s Picture Books "
English | ISBN: 1496840003 | 2022 | 270 pages | PDF | 14 MB
English | ISBN: 1496840003 | 2022 | 270 pages | PDF | 14 MB
In The Transformative Potential of LGBTQ+ Children’s Picture Books, Jennifer Miller identifies an archive of over 150 English-language children’s picture books that explicitly represent LGBTQ+ identities, expressions, and issues. This archive is then analyzed to explore the evolution of LGBTQ+ characters and content from the 1970s to the present. Miller describes dominant tropes that emerge in the field to analyze historical shifts in representational practices, which she suggests parallel larger sociocultural shifts in the visibility of LGBTQ+ identities. Additionally, Miller considers material constraints and possibilities affecting the production, distribution, and consumption of LGBTQ+ children’s picture books from the 1970s to the present. This foundational work defines the field of LGBTQ+ children’s picture books thoroughly, yet accessibly.
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