A multimodal approach to challenging gender stereotypes in children's picture books / / edited by A. Jesús Moya-Guijarro and Eija Ventola.

• Superior document: Routledge studies in multimodality
• TeilnehmendeR: Moya Guijarro, Arsenio Jesús,; Ventola, Eija,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, New York ;, London : : Routledge,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge studies in multimodality.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (335 pages)

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Picture Books, Gender and Multimodality: An Introduction -- Scope and Aims of the Book -- Picture Books, Multimodality and Gender -- Theoretical Frameworks -- Structure of the Book -- Part I: Stories Portraying Boys Who Challenge Gender Stereotypes -- Part II: Picture Books Featuring Princesses and Girls Who Do Not Conform to Female Gender Stereotypes -- Part III: Visual Narratives Portraying and Challenging the Concept of Traditional Family -- Note -- References -- Part I Stories Portraying Boys Who Challenge Gender Stereotypes -- 2 Julián Is a Mermaid. Challenging Gender Stereotypes: A Qualitative Multimodal Content Analysis -- Introduction -- Theoretical Approach -- A Social Semiotic Approach to Multimodality -- Gender and Queer Theory -- Methods -- Analytical Tool -- Description of Picture Book -- Analysis -- Researcher Positionality -- Findings and Discussion -- Theme 1: Inconsistent Representations of Gender Identity and Expression -- Theme 2: Traditionally Feminine Context in the Story World -- Information Zones -- Point of View -- Theme 4: Modality Promotes Message of Acceptance -- Contextualisation -- Brightness and Colour Saturation -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Ideational Construal of Male Challenging Gender Identities in Children's Picture Books -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Gender Identity as Being: Direct Definition of Characters -- Gender Identity and the Grammar of Experience: Indirect Presentation of Characters -- Gender Identity as Comparison and Contrast -- Analysis -- Contrast in the Construal of Oliver's Gender Identity: Oliver vs 'The Boys' -- Contrastive Relations in Ballerino Nate: Challenging Gender Stereotyping in Brotherhood.

The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Pirate: Modelling Male Gender Stereotype -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 At the Heart of It: Once There Was a Boy -- Introduction -- Theoretical Approach -- Picture Books as Multimodal Artefacts -- Local and National Constructions of Identity Through the Portal of the Picture Book -- Picture Books as the Contact Zone -- Verbal and Visual Processes of Meaning -- The Analysis -- The Heart of the Boy Is at the Heart of It -- Dismantling the "Hero": Rebuilding the Heart -- Conclusion: The Power of Story -- References -- 5 Gender Assumptions in Picture Books about Boys in Dresses -- Introduction -- Being Transgender and the Innocence of Books for Children -- Contextual Transgenderism -- Dresses and Imagination -- Representing Being Transgender With Gender Stereotypes -- Boy in Dresses and Animals in Clothes -- What Girls and Boys Wear and Do -- Gendered Visual Codes -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part II Picture Books Featuring Princesses and Girls Who Do Not Conform to Female Gender Stereotypes -- 6 Queering the Princess: On Feminine Subjectivities and Becoming Girl in Contemporary Picture Books -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Analysis: The Representation of Female Agency -- Sample Texts -- Methodology -- Analysis of Pirate Princess -- Analysis of The Princess Knight -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 7 A Clever Paper Bag Princess, a Fearless Worst Princess and an Empowered Little Red: A Critical Multimodal Analysis -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Ideational Meanings -- Interpersonal Meanings -- Analysis -- The Paper Bag Princess -- The Worst Princess -- Little Red -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 A Semiotic and Multimodal Analysis of Interactive Relations in Picture Books That Challenge Female Gender Stereotypes -- Introduction.

Theoretical Approach -- Analysis -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 9 Communicative Functions of Part-Whole Representations of Characters in Picture Books That Challenge Gender Stereotypes -- Introduction -- Literature Review: Approaches to Visual Metonymy -- A Multimodal Social-Semiotic Approach to Metonymy -- Metonymy From a Cognitive Perspective -- The Analysis of Metonymic Character Representations -- Sample Texts -- Methodology -- Metonymic Representations in the Picture Books Featuring Female Characters -- Metonymies in Picture Books Portraying Boys -- Association Between Character Representations and the Two Types of Picture Books -- Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Part III Visual Narratives Portraying and Challenging the Concept of Traditional Family -- 10 Gender Stereotypes in Children's Picture Books: A Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis -- Introduction -- Gender Stereotypes in Children's Literature -- SF-MDA Approach to Gender Stereotypes in Picture Books -- Selected Multimodal Systems -- Multimodal Analysis Image Software -- The Data -- Analysis and Discussion -- Busy Mother/Busy Father Books -- Daddies Book/Mommies Book -- Multimodal Patterns -- Conclusion and Limitations -- Notes -- References -- 11 Linguistic and Visual Trends in the Representation of Two-Mum and Two-Dad Couples in Children's Picture Books -- Introduction -- Same-Sex Parent Family Picture Books: Trends in Publication -- Analysing Linguistic and Visual Trends in Picture Books -- Trends in Picture Books Featuring Two-Mum and Two-Dad Families -- Collustration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 12 The Depiction of Family and Self in Children's Picture Books: A Corpus-Driven Exploration -- Introduction -- Description of the Corpus -- Awarded Books Subcorpus [AWS] -- Non-awarded Books [NAWS].

Books From the AMULIT Corpus [AMS] -- Method of Analysis -- Results -- Depiction of People Within and Outside the Family of the Main Protagonist Child -- Depictions of Diversity in the Environment of Main Protagonist Child -- Depiction of Positive and Negative Physical Contact at Least Once -- Locations of Depicted Events -- Depicted Or Suggested Activities By the Protagonist Child and Others in the Family -- Depiction of Real/Imagined/Toy Animals -- Other Issues Worth Further Consideration -- Virtually All of the Books Depict "Windows" -- Mirrors -- Demand Looks Are Relatively Rare -- Foregrounded Elements in the Written Text -- Pervasiveness of the Journey Metaphor -- Creative Pictorial/Visual Metaphor -- Intratextual Visual Cohesion -- Visual Intertextuality -- Colour -- Slowing Down Actions -- First Person and External Narration -- Limitations of Our Exploratory Analysis -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 13 The Moomin Family: An Elastic Permeable Multi-Dimensional Construct in Semiotic and Social Space -- Introduction -- The Family as an Institution -- The Moomin Family -- The Moomin Corpus: A Selective Sample -- Composition of the Moomin Corpus -- Some Basic Counts -- Characters in the Moomin Corpus -- Family and Friends -- Overview of Interaction Among Characters -- Moominmamma and Moominpappa -- Moominmamma and Moomin -- Moomin and His Friends -- "Outsiders" Included in and Welcomed to the Family -- Overcoming Fear and Loneliness -- The World of the Moominvalley -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.