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'The prevailing humanist ideology in fiction produced for children entails that thematic explorations of race usually pivot on the notion that humans are all created equal, regardless of race. However, this position fails to acknowledge the privileged status of whiteness as a racial category. This article examines two recent Australian picture books which explore the relationship between white and non-white identities in an Australian social context, arguing that the construction of whiteness as a normative standard of human experience must be interrogated before genuinely intersubjective race relations can be achieved.' (Author's abstract)
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- Mirror 2010 single work picture book
- A Country Far Away 1988 single work picture book
- That's Not a Daffodil! 2011 single work picture book
- Ziba Came on a Boat 2007 single work picture book
- The Lost Thing 2000 single work picture book
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