Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Images; a Journal of Jewish Art and Visual Culture
Angaben zur Quelle:
12 (2019) 85-94
Keywords:
Sendak, Maurice.
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Sendak, Maurice Criticism and interpretation
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Sendak, Jack Criticism and interpretation
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Krauss, Ruth Criticism and interpretation
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Children's stories, American Jewish authors 20th century
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History and criticism
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Jewish children
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Children and homosexuality
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United States Social life and customs 1945-1970
Abstract:
This article analyzes the late Maurice Sendak’s (1928–2012) entry into the field of children’s picture books in the midtwentieth century and his contribution to the affective shift in children’s literature. It examines Sendak’s complex social position and artistic development in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as lesser-known illustrations by Sendak, including collaborations with Ruth Krauss and with the artist’s brother, Jack. These works began to respond to Sendak’s own childhood as a queer son of Eastern European Yiddish-speaking immigrants. They also offered new potential mirrors for midcentury children—perhaps especially queer and otherwise marginalized children—as they navigated cultural gaps between home and the public sphere, as well as between personal orientations and the social pressures of postwar America.
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