Table of contents
List of illustrations
vii
Credits
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
Chapter 1.Nation building and the Zionist school: Creating a Hebrew poetics for children
9
Chapter 2.The children’s political weekly as the first hegemonic literary agent
27
Chapter 3.Designating a national poet for children
45
Chapter 4.Portrait of a hegemonic taste-setter
57
Chapter 5.Inventing tradition and folklore
71
Chapter 6.Making amends with Yiddish in the aftermath of the Holocaust
81
Chapter 7.Calling children to arms through national war narratives
91
Chapter 8.Conflicting voices in the kibbutz collective story
103
Chapter 9.The debate over the child’s voice
119
Chapter 10.Depoliticizing the children’s book market during Israel’s first decade
133
Chapter 11.From nation building to statehood: Reinterpreting a canonic text
145
Conclusion: Building a nation with children’s books
163
References
171
Index
183
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