This volume provides a key analysis of Asian children's literature and
film and creates a dialogue between East and West and between the
cultures from which they emerge, within the complex symbiosis of their
local, national and transnational frameworks. In terms of location and
content the book embraces a broad scope, including contributions related
to the Asian-American diaspora, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan,
Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan.
Individually and collectively, these essays broach crucial questions:
What elements of Asian literature and film make them distinctive, both
within their own specific culture and within the broader Asian area?
What aspects link them to these genres in other parts of the world? How
have they represented and shaped the societies and cultures they
inhabit? What moral codes do they address, underpin, or contest? The
volume provides further voice to the increasingly diverse and
fascinating output of the region and emphasises the importance of Asian
art forms as depictions of specific cultures but also of their
connection to broader themes in children's texts, and scholarship within
this field.