The recording of the webinar held on 25 January 2023 as part of the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (CBCP) and Outside in World (OIW) Webinar series on Children\u2019s Literature and Translation is now available to watch on our Youtube channel.<\/p>\n
You can also download the research bibliography\u00a0here<\/a>. The G-Book book list and resources can be found on the project website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speakers: Valeria Illuminati, Roberta Pederzoli, and Beatrice Spallaccia (University of Bologna, MeTRa Centre \u2013 Research Centre on Mediation and Translation by and for Children and Young Adults)<\/p>\n The projects G-BOOK 1 and 2 (Gender Identity: Child Readers and Library Collections and European teens as readers and creators in gender-positive narratives) aim to promote gender positive children\u2019s and young adult literature in terms of roles and models, a literature that is open-minded, plural, varied, free from stereotypes, and that encourages respect and diversity. The first part of the webinar develops a critical-theoretical reflection on literature for children and young adults from a gender perspective and on its translation. In particular, the speakers discuss: – gender representations and stereotypes – families – male and female characters – LGBTQ+ issues – and the G-BOOK European projects. The second part explores case studies of LGBTQ+ themed illustrated books in English and French translated into Italian. The speakers analyze both the paratext and the text itself, showing how in the transfer from one language and culture to another there are some shifts and changes, which are not necessarily questionable, but however present the source text in a new light and produce a different effect on the target reader.<\/p>\n