Ideology Conveyed via the Material(ity) of Picturebooks
Ideology Conveyed via the Material(ity) of Picturebooks

Summary/Abstract: Picturebooks transmit messages through words and images and even through their format, but they transmit subtle subtext through their materiality. This paper examines how the material of the book-object is intentionally manipulated to contribute to an ideological significance of a picturebook as it complements and occasionally even contradicts the messages transmitted through words and pictures. This study reviews several picturebooks that use the materiality of the book as a moralising mechanism intended to expose the reader to the life lesson that as a member of society the responsibility for the environment and righting social injustices falls on all of us.

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