Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Post Colonial Children's Literature

I recently found an excellent course on iTunes from La Trobe University in Melbourne Australia. it is on post colonial children's literature and it is fascinating.

The lecturer is very entertaining but brings the salient points across in a very clear way.

The themes of colonialism, post colonialism, the Aboriginal and European voice and who owns the story is gripping listening.

Not a book but about books. The story of Little Black Sambo in colonial times and it's form in post colonial times is provocative and challenging.

2 comments:

xtine.rae said...

I am interested in hearing this podcast for a research paper I am doing in a post-colonial class. I want to focus it on little black sambo! Could you tell me the name of the podcast?

Grant Goodman said...

Hi Chrissy
Go to iTunes University and look for courses under La Trobe University. The lecturers name is David Beagley. He covers Little Black Sambo in some detail.
Grant