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"Go Back? After All We've Been Through?": The Return Home in Children's Literature

Panel: 
Performing "Home": Domestic, National, & Transnational Longing & Belonging
Abstract: 

Building on Nodelman’s and Zipes’ discussions of the recurrent home/away/home plot in children’s literature, this paper argues that the “home again” ending represents a communal event that can challenge nationalist tendencies even as it appears to reaffirm them.

Presenter Information
First Name: 
Carmen
Last Name: 
Nolte
Institution: 
University of Hawai'i, Manoa