Fictions, nation-building and ideologies of belonging in children's literature: an analysis of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow
This article demonstrates, through Michael Gascoigne’s Tunzi the Faithful Shadow (1988), that literature for children is sometimes employed by the government into the service of propagating dominant state ideologies in Zimbabwean schools. Such texts disseminate issues of inclusion and exclusion that...
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| description | This article demonstrates, through Michael Gascoigne’s Tunzi the Faithful Shadow (1988), that literature for children is sometimes employed by the government into the service of propagating dominant state ideologies in Zimbabwean schools. Such texts disseminate issues of inclusion and exclusion that characterise all nation building projects. I argue, through a reading of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow, that texts for children studied in Zimbabwean schools have been shaped by a distinctly Zimbabwean socio-historical context which includes, but is not limited to, the formation of a new national sensibility after the liberation war and the political unrest in the emerging nation. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-13242022-06-27T13:49:06Z Fictions, nation-building and ideologies of belonging in children's literature: an analysis of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow Tagwirei, Cuthbeth Zimbabwe; nationhood; Tunzi the Faithful Shadow; children's literature; fictions This article demonstrates, through Michael Gascoigne’s Tunzi the Faithful Shadow (1988), that literature for children is sometimes employed by the government into the service of propagating dominant state ideologies in Zimbabwean schools. Such texts disseminate issues of inclusion and exclusion that characterise all nation building projects. I argue, through a reading of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow, that texts for children studied in Zimbabwean schools have been shaped by a distinctly Zimbabwean socio-historical context which includes, but is not limited to, the formation of a new national sensibility after the liberation war and the political unrest in the emerging nation. 2016-05-16T13:00:06Z 2016-05-16T13:00:06Z 2013 Article 0045-6713 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10583-012-9178-z http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1324 en Children’s Literature in Education;Vol 44, Issue 1, p. 44-56 open Springer |
| spellingShingle | Zimbabwe; nationhood; Tunzi the Faithful Shadow; children's literature; fictions Tagwirei, Cuthbeth Fictions, nation-building and ideologies of belonging in children's literature: an analysis of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow |
| title | Fictions, nation-building and ideologies of belonging in children's literature: an analysis of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow |
| title_full | Fictions, nation-building and ideologies of belonging in children's literature: an analysis of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow |
| title_fullStr | Fictions, nation-building and ideologies of belonging in children's literature: an analysis of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fictions, nation-building and ideologies of belonging in children's literature: an analysis of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow |
| title_short | Fictions, nation-building and ideologies of belonging in children's literature: an analysis of Tunzi the Faithful Shadow |
| title_sort | fictions, nation-building and ideologies of belonging in children's literature: an analysis of tunzi the faithful shadow |
| topic | Zimbabwe; nationhood; Tunzi the Faithful Shadow; children's literature; fictions |
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