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SUMMARY:Our Home on Native Land: Adapting and Readapting Laura Ingalls Wil
 der's Little House on the Prairie - Benjamin Lefebvre (University of Worce
 ster)
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on recent work on adaptation and translation\, this pa
 per traces the complexities of adapting Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little Hous
 e on the Prairie (1935)\, a bestselling book for children\, for television
  audiences of 1974 and 2005. While the adapted text’s major plot about a
 n Anglo-American family settling in “Indian Territory” in the postbell
 um period is retained\, the book’s racist and patriarchal elements are r
 econsidered in explicit and subtle ways. This reconsideration is especiall
 y necessary given that a similar story recently came to life in the Native
  protest against a proposed new subdivision in Caledonia\, Ontario. \n \nB
 enjamin Lefebvre is a Leverhulme Visiting Fellow at the International Cent
 re for Research in Children's Literature\, Literacy and Creativity at the 
 University of Worcester. He is conducting research on the ways in which co
 rporations transform texts for young people into multimedia franchises.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, room GS4
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