1. "Paper White" Characters and the Desire for Homogeneity in Spanish-Language Picturebooks.
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García-González, Macarena and Mínguez-López, Xavier
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PICTURE books ,CHILDREN'S literature ,SPANISH language ,INTERSECTION numbers - Abstract
In this article, we examine a corpus of recommended Spanish-language picturebooks published in Spain and Latin America between 2012–2018. We examine a corpus of fifty-six books that have received awards or are highlighted by reading-promotion institutions inquiring into how race and ethnicity are narrated in them. We first notice a predominant whiteness in these picturebooks: often characters are "paper white," as their faces take the white of the default color of the paper. We undertake a critical content analysis informed by intersectionality and decolonial thinking to show how ethnicity is absent, erased, or folklorized in these recommended picturebooks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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