Sino-Japanese War and Youth Literature - Friends and Foes on the Battlefield

This book is the first to focus on how the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)-fought in the Asian-Pacific theatre between Imperial Japan and China, with the U.S. as the latter's major military ally-has been represented in non-English and English sources for children and young adults.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Chinese Youth Literature: An Overview 2. The Sino-Japanese War as Depicted in Chinese Youth Literature: The Big Picture 3. The Sino-Japanese War as Depicted in Chinese Youth Literature: A Thematic 4. Family Narrative as Information Source: A Case Study 5. Ethnic Chinese Wartime Experience in American Youth Literature 6. Conclusion

About the author

Minjie Chen works at the Cotsen Children's Library, Princeton University, USA.

Summary

This book is the first to focus on how the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)—fought in the Asian-Pacific theatre between Imperial Japan and China, with the U.S. as the latter’s major military ally—has been represented in non-English and English sources for children and young adults.

Product details

• Authors: Minjie Chen, Chen Minjie
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138351530
• ISBN: 978-1-138-35153-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Modern warfare, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general