Cultural Perspectives on Sweets in Children's Literature and Media

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Sweets in Children's Literature and Media: A Short Introduction into a Sweet and Delicious Topic
CORINA LOEWE AND SABINE PLANKA

PART I
Sweets as an Expression of Culture and Cultural Attitudes as well as National Cuisines

1 Sugar - A Substance Between Health, Temptation, and Moral in German Dolls' and Children's Cookbooks from the 19th to 21st Century
SABINE PLANKA

2 'A Cookie Is a Sometime Food'. Cookie Monster and the Politics of Children's Health on Sesame Street ABBY WHITAKER

3 Sugar Magic: Australian Children's Literature, Sweets, and National Identity
PAUL VENZO

4 'We Do All This to Celebrate the Beauty of Life and Death Rather than Mourn It': Sugary Skulls, Pan de Muerto, and the Context of Mexican Dia de Muertos in Children's Books
SABINE PLANKA

5 Sweet Treats and Cultural Commentary in Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and Spirited Away (2001)
NERMIN KARADEMIR

PART II
Sweets as Key Moments for the Development of Characters and Interpersonal Relationships in Children's Media

6 Swallowed Tears and Ice Cream: Sweets and the Lonely Child in East German Children's Literature
CORINA LOEWE

7 The Emancipatory Milkshake: Sweets in a Swedish Girls' Magazine
KRISTINA OEHMAN

8 "Blond, Pink, and Porky": The Dehumanisation of

Fat Characters Eating Sweets in British 20th-Century Children's Book Classics
ASA WARNQVIST AND MIA OESTERLUND

PART III

Sweets in Children's Literature and Media as Symbols and Metaphors

9 Tailor-Made Pastries in La signorina Euforbia: Food Pedagogy in Italian Pre-Teens' Literature
SIMONA DI MARTINO

10 The Sweet Temptations of Fairy Tales: Exploring the Symbolic Role of Sweets
ARTEMIS PAPAILIA

11 "These Creatures Are Not Just Delightful, They're Delicious": The Cultural Meaning of the Trolls as Sweets in DreamWorks' Trolls (2016)
PHILIP VAN DER MERWE

12 To Eat and/or Be Eaten: A Yummy Guide with Zombies Inside
COREY WHITLEY, DANIEL IHRMARK, AND JOHAN NILSSON

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• Estudos de literatura infantil : geral
• Estudos literários: geral
• Teorias literárias

childrens literature;sweets;Food Pedagogy;children and food