Titta! Hen ser ut som mig! –En exempelstudie om hur etnicitet representeras i tre bilderböcker

Sammanfattning: In the past decades, the Swedish society has gone through multiple changes as a result ofglobalization and migration. Sweden went from being a homogenous country to a nationcharacterized by ethnic diversity. This had led to many debates on how to correctly representdifferent ethnicities in literature and media. The current example study aims to analyze andcompile how ethnicity is being represented in three children's picturebooks. With scientificstudies and ongoing debates, we gain an understanding of how ethnicity has been representedin literature over time.Our findings show that noncaucasian characters lack fair representation in our chosenchildren's picturebooks. The picturebooks are: Rally och Lyra och Limpa written by MarieNorin, Pippi långstrump på kurrekurreduttön written by Astrid Lindgren and Varför bråkarsyrran? Written by Kristin Murray Brodin . These characters mostly have a minor role in thecentral theme of the story and are poorly and stereotypically portrayed. Rare protagonistportrayal of non- caucasian characters is mostly the intent of publishing houses that aim at aholistic, inclusive approach. Therefore, it is very vital that educators analyze children'spicturebooks before using them in their classrooms, so that every child regardless of ethnicitycan be seen and represented in a manner which leads to growth of their inner selves.