The problem of representation in children and childhood narratives One of the greater challenges of writing about children has to do with representation. Children are rarely given a space to speak freely. Because their voices are not accessible to adults, people who speak about children run the risk of seeming to speak for them. Sadly, this is also the very goal of others: to manipulate what children—inadvertently or not—communicate. In most cultures, childhood is a symbol of innocence. This vulnerability is used to justify political action. I […]

Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: apartheid, childhood, children, ideology, innocence, political propaganda, politics