Weightman, F (2020) Marketing Chinese children’s authors in an age of celebrity. JOMEC Journal, 15. pp. 1-17. ISSN 2049-2340
Abstract
In this paper I explore the topic of authorial self-fashioning in an age of celebrity. Specifically, I consider the persona of the contemporary children’s author, as he or she is constructed within the paraphernalia surrounding the main stories in children’s books. This paper is part of a broader project examining how authors and translators choose to represent themselves, or are represented by their agents and publishers, within the paratextual elements of books. The primary case study for this enquiry is Cao Wenxuan 曹文轩. Since winning the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Award, and with an increasing volume of his work available in translation, Cao is the prime example of a celebrity Chinese children’s author, now with global recognition. Cao has always been a prolific preface writer and many of his works have other paratextual elements, including an exceptionally large number of photos of the author, all of which provide a rich source for a comprehensive evaluation of the image constructed by author/publisher of the author’s persona as presented in the ‘margins’ of the books.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | @JOMECjournal. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.cf.ac.uk/jomecjournal. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
Keywords: | Chinese children’s authors, celebrity, marketing books, Cao Wenxuan, paratexts |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > East Asian Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 May 2020 15:29 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:16 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cardiff University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.18573/jomec.199 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160843 |