Grand Images: Exploring Images of Grandparents in Picture Books

Crawford, Patricia; Bhattacharya, Sharika

doi:10.1080/02568543.2013.853004

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“…The importance of grandparents on the youngsters’ views on the elderly that emerges from the current study is consistent with data in the literature (Allan & Johnson, ; Allan et al., ; Burke, ; Crawford & Bhattacharya, ; Lichtenstein et al., ; Luo et al., ; McGuinn & Mosher‐Ashley, ; Randler et al., ; Van Ranst et al., ). However, some nuances are warranted.…”

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Impact of Contact With Grandparents on Children's and Adolescents’ Views on the Elderly

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Stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination against the elderly (ageism) may manifest themselves in children at an early age. However, the factors influencing this phenomenon are not well known. Using both explicit and open-ended questions, this study analyzed the influence of personal and familial parameters on the views of 1,151 seven- to sixteen-year-old Belgian children and adolescents on the elderly. Four factors were found to affect these views: gender (girls had slightly more positive views than boys), age (ageism was lowest in 10- to 12-year-old, reminiscent of other forms of stereotypes and cognitive developmental theories), grandparents' health, and most importantly, quality of contact with grandparents (very good and good contacts correlated with more favorable feelings toward the elderly, especially in children with frequent contacts).

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“…Picture books, particularly those chosen by children themselves, can be viewed as reflections of larger cultural trends and views. As such, they can be seen as objects of art, examples of literary merit, conduits for classroom socialization, and important tools to enact critical pedagogies (Crawford & Bhattacharya, ). Critical pedagogies can be constructed around how race, class, gender, sexuality, and other aspects of identity are portrayed in picture books to make assertions about the world we live in, have experienced in the past, or desire to experience in the future.…”

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Boy Troubles? Male Literacy Depictions in Children's Choices Picture Books

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This article is a critical content analysis of Children's Choice award‐winning picture books from 2000 to 2014. The “critical” part of the analysis consists of selecting archetypes for males presented in these texts based on applying feminist poststructuralist literacy theory that situates literacy and language at the center of gender identity manifestation. In this analysis, the dominant archetypes for male characters tended to be Wildman, Friend, and Creator. In many books, male protagonists used literacy to maintain or develop a positive identity throughout the plot of the book, as reading, writing, and symbolic communication increased choices for male characters and offered insight through language, often inspiring change. Our findings suggest that deficit views of young males’ literacy practices still appear in award‐winning picture books but are becoming more complex and positive. This matters because picture books reveal values of literacy as characters read or write or engage in symbolic communication.

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“…In our sample, all of the characters living with dementia are depicted in older age and are grandparents to the child protagonist. All but one of the books employ well established visual cultural markers of age (see Crawford and Bhattacharya, 2014) for the grandparent characters, such as grey hair, wrinkled skin and spectacles (see Table 2). 1 The images in these books give a very clear message that dementia is something that happens to older people.…”

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“…The hedge that runs alongside her features mysterious forms in the topiary, but the text helps us to decode them and explains that she can no longer "train dogs, be a doctor or cook fairy cakes." The mention of Granny Jean's professional identity as a doctor is unusual as children's picturebooks rarely portray grandparents, and particularly grandmothers, as having an identity outside of the family (see Crawford and Bhattacharya, 2014). However, here the salient point is the loss of both this professional identity and her familial role as a "good" grandmother who bakes cakes.…”

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“…As well as teaching children about keeping healthy, such books have been described as a "safe way to introduce information" to children about challenging subjects such as illness and death (Blumenreich and Siegel, 2006, p. 82). However, children's books can also reproduce particular discourses about disability and stigma (Crawford and Bhattacharya, 2014). As Tucker remarks, it is not "whether [children] should be told about such things, but exactly how" (2006, p. 208).…”

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Depicting Dementia: Representations of Cognitive Health and Illness in Ten Picturebooks for Children

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It is estimated that a third of children know someone living with dementia, and there are now many picturebooks for young children that help to explain the changes dementia can bring to family life. Despite their number, there has been little examination of what these books communicate about health and illness. To address this, the current study presents a close visual and textual analysis of 10 recent picturebooks in English that aim to teach children about dementia. Our analysis reveals that in these books dementia is exclusively framed in terms of ageing, and as an illness of older adults. Furthermore, the books rely heavily on mechanistic metaphors to explain the causes of dementia. However, at the same time the "still the same person" narrative is dominant. This narrative emphasises the importance of foregrounding the unique history and personality of the person living with dementia, and offers a way to help children to continue meaningful relationships with their relatives. These books employ often ageist tropes of decline in the depiction of dementia and yet at the same time support a narrative of ongoing personhood, reflecting the complexity of broader social discourses around dementia and selfhood.

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Grand Images: Exploring Images of Grandparents in Picture Books

Cited by 24 publications

References 28 publications

Impact of Contact With Grandparents on Children's and Adolescents’ Views on the Elderly

Impact of Contact With Grandparents on Children's and Adolescents’ Views on the Elderly

Boy Troubles? Male Literacy Depictions in Children's Choices Picture Books

Depicting Dementia: Representations of Cognitive Health and Illness in Ten Picturebooks for Children

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