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From Victory to Victimization: The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) as Depicted in Chinese Youth Literature
- Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 47, Number 2, April 2009
- pp. 27-35
- 10.1353/bkb.0.0158
- Article
- Additional Information
This article considers what information has been available to Chinese youth regarding the Sino-Japanese War and the hotly contested topic of Japanese war crimes. How have these subjects been represented in Chinese youth literature, particularly in the format of lian huan hua, published in post-1949 mainland China ruled by the Communist Party? Minjie Chen analyzes the way violence and trauma is depicted in these texts and images for young readers.