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Made in New Zealand: place and enchantment in Margaret Mahy's picture books
Margaret Mahy published over a hundred picture books from A Lion in the Meadow in 1969 to a cluster of posthumous texts. This article considers the extent to which Mahy’s picture books can be said to have been “made in New Zealand,” given that most have been illustrated by artists from other countries, particularly Britain. Mahy’s picture book narratives are, I argue, informed by values, assumptions and orientations toward the natural world which subtly but unmistakably locate protagonists in New Zealand, even when the books’ illustrations reflect British, American or Canadian geographic and cultural settings. In this sense Mahy’s picture books are transnational products, traversing national and cultural boundaries.
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Children's literature association quarterlyVolume
39Issue
1Season
SpringPagination
111 - 120Publisher
Johns Hopkins University PressLocation
Baltimore, MarylandPublisher DOI
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0885-0429eISSN
1553-1201Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2014, Johns Hopkins University PressUsage metrics
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