Disturbing Thoughts
Representations of Compassion in Two Picture Books Entitled The Island
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12969266 |
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| Authors | Debra Dudek (0000-0003-2882-8830, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 11-29 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jeunesse Young People Texts Cultures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1920-2601 • E-ISSN: 1920-261X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jeunesse.3.2.11 |
| OpenAlex | W4302367307 |
| Language | EN |
Two picture books titled The Island, one written and illustrated by Armin Greder and the other written by John Heffernan and illustrated by Peter Sheehan, address the treatment of refugees in Australia and function as an allegory for any situation in which a community mistreats an outsider. Readers bear witness to unethical behaviour by a group that is offset by the compassionate actions of an individual. The books differ in the means by which they position readers to evaluate individual actions, while inviting a similar response: that compassion is a necessary aspect of social justice and human (and creature) flourishing
Aesthetics · Compassion · Flourishing · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Witness · Law · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Themes in Literature Analysis · Values and Moral Education
| Highly cited | No |
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