In:The Nation and the Child: Nation building in Hebrew children’s literature, 1930–1970
Yael Darr
[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition 10] 2018
► pp. 145–162
Chapter 11From nation-building to statehood
Reinterpreting a canonic text
Published online: 23 May 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/clcc.10.c11
https://doi.org/10.1075/clcc.10.c11
Article outline
- One story, three models of interpretation
- The 1948 version: A political reading in the context of pressing current events
- Reading the story in the context of the issue as a whole
- The incomplete home in search of residents
- An alternative to the “melting pot” absorption project
- In praise of the kibbutz and communal settlement
- Reading the story in the context of the issue as a whole
- The 1959 version: The mamlakhti reading model
- A universal reading
- Mamlakhti inclusivity
- The 1970 version: A family reading of a children’s classic
- Enduring consensus
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