Beyond Pippi Longstocking: Intermedial and International Approaches to Astrid Lindgren's Work [Paperback]

Astrid Lindgren, author of the famed Pippi Longstocking novels, is perhaps one of the most significant children's authors of the last half of the twentieth century. In this collection contributors consider films, music, and picturebooks relating to Lindgren, in addition to the author's reception internationally. Touching on everything from the Astrid Lindgren theme park at Vimmerby, Sweden to the hidden folk songs in Lindgren's works to the use of nostalgia in film adaptations of Lindgren's novels, this collection offers an important international and intermedial portrait of Lindgren research today.

Introduction  Bettina K?mmerling-Meibauer and Astrid Surmatz  I. Different Aspects of the International Reception  1. Pippi Longstocking in the United States: Representations and Reception  Eva-Maria Metcalf  2. Pippi Longstocking in South Africa: Translation and Reception  Rolf Annas  3. We Love What We Know: The Canonicity of Pippi Longstocking in Different Media in Flanders  Sara van den Bossche  II. Intermedial Studies: Films  4. Re-making the National Past: The Uses of Nostalgia in the Astrid Lindgren Films of the 1980s and 1990s  Anders ?berg  5. Intermediality in Childrens Literature: Reflections of Adult Relationships in the Film Ronia, the Robbers Daughter   Tobias Kurwinkel and Philipp Schmerheim  6. Bill Bergson, a Political Statement or a Symbol of Swedishness? A Comparison of Astrid Lindgrens Bill Bergson Texts with the 1990s Film Adaptations  Corina L?we  III. Intermediall*