”Hemma längtar jag bort, borta längtar jag hem.” Andra världskrigets finska krigsbarn i svensk barn- och ungdomslitteratur

Boëthius, Ulf

doi:10.14811/clr.v33i1.10

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“…See alsoBoëthius (2010) on Finnish child refugees during the World War II, Hemma längtar jag bort, borta längtar jag hem.…”

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“Bestimmt wird alles gut”: Journeys and Arrivals in Contemporary German Children’s Books

Fjordevik¹

2021

Narratives Crossing Borders: The Dynamics of Cultural Interaction

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In the last few years, many people from war-torn countries have left home to seek safety in distant countries. Refugees have come to Europe to an extent that has not been seen since World War II. It is estimated that around 50% of the refugees are children under eighteen and many of them have ended up in Germany. The fact that many people leave their homes and become foreigners in new countries is also noticeable in literature. In recent years, an increasing number of books on this topic have been published, not least children’s books. This chapter considers how escape from war and the arrival situation are depicted in eight picture books published 2016-2017 in German. My focus is on whether the fact that the families have to escape to a foreign country is problematised in any way: How do the children (and their families) in the books deal with the new language and with communication? Are there any difficulties concerning identity and “otherness”? What expectations/reflections (such as whether or not they made the right decision) on the new life – if any – are being related? How does the stress affect them and their families? And do the stories about leaving home and arriving in a foreign place have entirely happy endings?

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“…See alsoBoëthius (2010) on Finnish child refugees during the World War II, Hemma längtar jag bort, borta längtar jag hem.…”

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“Bestimmt wird alles gut”: Journeys and Arrivals in Contemporary German Children’s Books

Fjordevik¹

2021

Narratives Crossing Borders: The Dynamics of Cultural Interaction

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“…Denna kollektiva massförflyttning av barn undan kriget genererade en rad barn-och ungdomsböcker där krigsbarnens upplevelser gestaltades. 1 Flykten är ett vanligt motiv i barn-och ungdomslitteraturen, inte minst inom fantastiken och deckargenren. Skildringar av flykt som kan kopplas konkret eller symboliskt till en krigstematik är inte lika vanligt, men tenderar att öka i utgivningen när det finns en reell motsvarighet i verkligheten, vilket har varit fallet på senare år då en ny våg av människor på flykt har satt prägel på vår samtid.…”

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"Jag fick en ny nalle. Jag fick ett nytt land"

Warnqvist¹

2016

TfL

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”I got a new teddybear. I got a new country”: Depictions of Escape from War in Swedish Picturebooks, 2014–2016 This article analyzes 17 picturebooks depicting escape from war, all of which were published in Sweden between 2014 and 2016. Much like children’s books about Finnish child refugees of the Second World War, these picturebooks seldom problematize the actual experience of escaping war and arriving in a new country. My analysis shows how the authors and picturebook illustrators of these works generally choose to depict escape from war as a form of travel, or adventure story with a happy ending, rather than focusing on escape as a trauma. Overall, the works adhere to an older tradition, demonstrating a conservative view of the home and nuclear family. The authors’ and illustrators’ strategy to make such an escape comprehensible to younger children is thus to focus on stability and traditional values. However, as this article shows, this traditional framework does not necessarily make the picturebooks’ characters any less mobile than the mobile child subjects of international children’s and youth literature. According to recent scholarship, such literature challenges previous patterns by foregrounding homelessness and the formation of affiliations through choice, rather than filial ties.

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Family First in Homes Away From Home: Depictions of Refugee Experiences and Flight from War in Picturebooks Published in Sweden 2014–2018

Warnqvist¹

2018

Bookbird

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”Hemma längtar jag bort, borta längtar jag hem.” Andra världskrigets finska krigsbarn i svensk barn- och ungdomslitteratur

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“Bestimmt wird alles gut”: Journeys and Arrivals in Contemporary German Children’s Books

“Bestimmt wird alles gut”: Journeys and Arrivals in Contemporary German Children’s Books

"Jag fick en ny nalle. Jag fick ett nytt land"

Family First in Homes Away From Home: Depictions of Refugee Experiences and Flight from War in Picturebooks Published in Sweden 2014–2018

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