Authors:	Kümmerling-Meibauer, Bettina Meibauer, Jörg
Title:	On photos and drawings in baby books : a comparison based on dining scenes
Online publication date:	21-Nov-2023
Year of first publication:	2023
Language:	english
Abstract:	This article ofers a comparative analysis of the aesthetic functions of photos vs. drawings in baby books. Baby books are understood as books for children between 0 and 3 years of age. Since the development of food intake and eating behavior is very important at this age, appropriate pictures of dining scenes can be found in many baby books. This article compares picturebooks for babies that show dining scenes, with two photo books, Trine kan… (1955) and Se hvad vi kan! (1964), and two baby books with drawings, The Picturebook for BABY (1950) and I See (1985). The null hypothesis is that photos tend more towards documentary, authentic, and objective representation, while drawings emphasize a stereotypical, expressive, and subjective perspective. Important intermittent factors are the concept of portraiture, expressed cuteness, and the position on a scale from avant-garde to kitsch. The analysis of the images and the accompanying texts (including the peritexts) shows that the rep resentation of babies is subject to historical changes, which is related to diferent constructions of what it means to be a baby. In particular, the orientation towards parental or pedagogical ideals infuences the respective representations.
DDC:	370 Erziehung 370 Education 800 Literatur 800 Literature and rhetoric
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	FB 05 Philosophie und Philologie
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9685
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
License:	CC BY
Information on rights of use:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Journal:	Children's literature in education Version of Record (VoR)
Publisher:	Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
Publisher place:	Dordrecht u.a.
Issue date:	2023
ISSN:	1573-1693
Publisher DOI:	10.1007/s10583-023-09542-y
Appears in collections:	DFG-491381577-H