A multimodal approach to challenging gender stereotypes in children's picture books /
edited by A. Jesús Moya-Guijarro and Eija Ventola.
- New York : Routledge, 2021.
- 1 online resource.
- Routledge studies in multimodality .
"This collection offers a thorough treatment of the ways in which the verbal and visual semiotic modes interrelate toward promoting gender equality and social inclusion in children's picture books. Drawing on cutting-edge theoretical work in multimodality, including multimodal cognitive linguistics, multimodal discourse analysis, and visual social semiotics, the book expands on descriptive-oriented studies to offer a more linguistically driven perspective on children's picture books. The volume explores the choice afforded to and the lexico-semantic and discursive strategies employed by writers and illustrators in conveying representational, interpersonal, and textual meanings in the verbal and non-verbal components in these narratives in order to challenge gender stereotypes and promote the social inclusion of same-sex parent families. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in multimodality, discourse analysis, social semiotics, and children's literature"--
Children's literature--History and criticism. Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literature. Sex role in literature. Picture books for children. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics