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Chapter 7. Itineraries and maps

Walking as a means of building mobile cartographies in Peter Sís’ Madlenka and The Three Golden Keys
  • Anna Juan Cantavella
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Maps and Mapping in Children's Literature
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Abstract

This chapter is based on two works by Czech author-illustrator Peter Sís, Madlenka (2000) and The Three Golden Keys (1994), in which the act of walking the streets of two cities becomes the main theme. Both works can be seen as a fragment of Sís’ personal cartography. The chapter pays particular attention to scholars from the fields of social anthropology and cultural studies. In doing so, the aim is to underline the marked subjectivity of space, a suggestion that is present in all of Peter Sís’ works, but which is especially relevant to these two picturebooks, dedicated to the two cities that have featured most strongly in the author’s own life.

Abstract

This chapter is based on two works by Czech author-illustrator Peter Sís, Madlenka (2000) and The Three Golden Keys (1994), in which the act of walking the streets of two cities becomes the main theme. Both works can be seen as a fragment of Sís’ personal cartography. The chapter pays particular attention to scholars from the fields of social anthropology and cultural studies. In doing so, the aim is to underline the marked subjectivity of space, a suggestion that is present in all of Peter Sís’ works, but which is especially relevant to these two picturebooks, dedicated to the two cities that have featured most strongly in the author’s own life.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Table of figures vii
  4. Introduction. Maps and mapping in children’s literature 1
  5. Part 1. About mapping
  6. Chapter 1. A cognitive-developmental perspective on maps in children’s literature 17
  7. Chapter 2. Mapping the new citizen – Pedagogy of cartophobia 41
  8. Chapter 3. A subtle cartography 59
  9. Chapter 4. Metaphorical maps in picturebooks 75
  10. Part 2. Literary shaping of real cityscapes
  11. Chapter 5. Mapping a city – Berlin in a contemporary detective novel 95
  12. Chapter 6. “New York just like I pictured it – skyscrapers and everything”* 113
  13. Chapter 7. Itineraries and maps 129
  14. Chapter 8. Bruno Munari’s visual mapping of the city of Milan 147
  15. Part 3. Fictional seascapes and landscapes
  16. Chapter 9. “An island made of water quite surrounded by earth” 167
  17. Chapter 10. Connecting worlds 185
  18. Chapter 11. Mapping illusions 203
  19. Chapter 12. Mapping Middle Earth 221
  20. Chapter 13. Landscapes of growth, faith, and doubt 239
  21. About the editors and contributors 257
  22. Name index 263
  23. Subject index 265
https://doi.org/10.1075/clcc.7.08jua

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Table of figures vii
  4. Introduction. Maps and mapping in children’s literature 1
  5. Part 1. About mapping
  6. Chapter 1. A cognitive-developmental perspective on maps in children’s literature 17
  7. Chapter 2. Mapping the new citizen – Pedagogy of cartophobia 41
  8. Chapter 3. A subtle cartography 59
  9. Chapter 4. Metaphorical maps in picturebooks 75
  10. Part 2. Literary shaping of real cityscapes
  11. Chapter 5. Mapping a city – Berlin in a contemporary detective novel 95
  12. Chapter 6. “New York just like I pictured it – skyscrapers and everything”* 113
  13. Chapter 7. Itineraries and maps 129
  14. Chapter 8. Bruno Munari’s visual mapping of the city of Milan 147
  15. Part 3. Fictional seascapes and landscapes
  16. Chapter 9. “An island made of water quite surrounded by earth” 167
  17. Chapter 10. Connecting worlds 185
  18. Chapter 11. Mapping illusions 203
  19. Chapter 12. Mapping Middle Earth 221
  20. Chapter 13. Landscapes of growth, faith, and doubt 239
  21. About the editors and contributors 257
  22. Name index 263
  23. Subject index 265
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