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Listening to 'Heartbeat': The Pulse of Ecofeminism in a Picturebook
- Source :
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Environmental Education Research . 2021 27(6):879-893. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Using an ecofeminist theoretical frame along with critical content analysis of visual images, this article examines the environmental discourse of the picturebook, "Heartbeat," written and illustrated by Evan Turk (2018). In this picturebook, Turk uses the heartbeat, the history, and the song of a whale to draw the reader into a sense of cosmic interconnectivity with nature. This critical content analysis of Heartbeat seeks to extend the research on evaluating environmental children's literature by taking a deeper look at the specific ways the images and text in Heartbeat provide a unique and much needed counter-narrative to the devaluation and domination of nature.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1350-4622
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Environmental Education Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ1301708
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2021.1879733