Representing the Inuit in Contemporary British and Canadian Juvenile Non-Fiction

Author: David R.G.

Source: Children's Literature in Education, Volume 32, Number 2, June 2001 , pp. 139-154(16)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

The article draws on research conducted in Britain and Canada into representations of the Inuit in juvenile non-fiction. Through the examination of text and pictorial representations in reference books, and geographical and historical non-fiction, attention is drawn to the continuing prevalence of a wide range of stereotypes. With the help of a discussion group of Inuit and other residents of the Arctic, key issues are confronted and strengths and weaknesses of a variety of representations identified. The article concludes by recommending various approaches that would result in a more balanced image of the Inuit, and by analogy, of other indigenous people worldwide.

Keywords: Inuit; Arctic; representations; children's literature; non-fiction

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: St. Martin's College, Lancaster, UK

Publication date: 2001-06-01

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