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Ce livre r examine la repr sentation de la famille dans des romans, albums ou pi ces de th tre pour la jeunesse relevant de diff rentes aires g ographiques, culturelles et linguistiques. Bienveillants ou ali nants, les liens tiss's entre g n rations ou au sein de la fratrie conditionnent la construction des jeunes protagonistes. La litt rature de jeunesse refl te la diversit de la famille et sa capacit voluer, voire se r inventer (familles monoparentales ou homoparentales, recompos es, adoptives...). En proposant des mod les parfois loign's des r alit's connues des lecteurs, elle les invite r valuer leur propre exp rience mais t moigne aussi d'une certaine constance des attentes et des interrogations que l'institution suscite.

This book re-examines the representation of the family in novels, picture books or theatre plays for young people, belonging to various geographical, cultural and linguistic areas.The bonds between generations or among siblings, whether benevolent or destructive, play a decisive part in the young protagonists' development. Children's literature is shown to reflect the diversity of the family as an institution and its ability to change or even to reinvent itself (single-parent, same-sex-parent, blended or adoptive families...). Its fictional representations of the family may differ from the realities experienced by the readers, and invites them to reconsider their own experiences, yet show expectations and questions related to family life to remain fairly constant.