Publishing Children Books by Minority Voices in Canada: The Case of Groundwood Books
Resumo
Hoje no Canadá a cena de publicação de livros infantis é bem diferente do que costumava ser nas décadas de 1970 e 1980. Mesmo que a maioria dos editores seja pequena e dependa fortemente de subsídios federais, a enorme variedade de editoras que ilustram a composição multicultural do país para crianças e jovens adultos é vasta. A gama abrange editores como Annick Press, Fifth house, Second Story, or Theytus Books. A situação, há quarenta anos, era radicalmente diferente. Naqueles dias uma das editoras inovadoras era Groundwood Books. Pretendemos examinar neste artigo as origens do projeto, o mais amplo contexto político, social e cultural, e três obras de vozes minoritárias que marcaram claramente o perfil e as aspirações da editora (Tales from Gold Mountain, de Paul Yee, A Coyote Columbus Story, de Thomas King e My Name is Seepeetza, de Shirley Sterling). Nosso objetivo, portanto, é examinar o papel desempenhado pela Groundwood Books na promoção de uma nova poética nos livros infantis dentro da estrutura do processo de construção do Canadá.
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