Remediating history: assessing the past in Dutch historical fiction for children c. 1960-1980.
Historical fiction is a powerful way of transmitting national history to later generations. It emerged in the nineteenth century as a means of building identity and fostering solidarity. However, in the 1960s and 1970s, former representations of history were deconstructed. Instead of glorifying the...
| Published in: | Paedagogica Historica Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 485 - 502 |
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Aug2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=130244706&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 130244706 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00309230 J54 jtl: Paedagogica Historica issn: 00309230 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2018 vid: 54 iid: 4 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 130244706 10.1080/00309230.2017.1397715 ppf: 485 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1MB tig: atl: Remediating history: assessing the past in Dutch historical fiction for children c. 1960-1980. aug: au: Parlevliet, Sanne affil: Department of Education, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands su: Historical fiction Children's literature Collective memory Dutch national character Deconstruction Dutch literature Children History of the Netherlands Twentieth century Netherlands sug: subj: Netherlands Historical fiction Children's literature Collective memory Dutch national character Deconstruction Dutch literature Children History of the Netherlands Twentieth century keyword: Children’s literature collective memory historical fiction identity national history ab: Historical fiction is a powerful way of transmitting national history to later generations. It emerged in the nineteenth century as a means of building identity and fostering solidarity. However, in the 1960s and 1970s, former representations of history were deconstructed. Instead of glorifying the nation, social evils were exposed. As a consequence of this, western European histories of children’s literature claim a shift in children’s books from an emphasis on political to social history. Historical heroes and triumphs were replaced by accounts of the lives of common people and how they were touched by great events. This article investigates the influence of this changed perception and representation of history on images of nationality in Dutch historical children’s books. Two groups are identified: a group of books that are critical of historical practices and events, focus on the lives of common people, and project emancipatory ideals on historical characters; and a group of books that transmit a conventional image of the past which was introduced in former periods, in which nation-building and the formulation of a national character reigned. However, images of nationality transgress these categories. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Paedagogica Historica is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Paedagogica Historica holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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