My Dad - Woongjin World Picture Book 192

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The emotion of reading something new that was impossible to read according to the norms of the times,
Anthony Browne's 『My Dad』 revisited in a revised edition 18 years after its domestic publication

Author Anthony Brown's picture book 『My Dad』 has been published in a revised edition. This work, which was first published in the UK in 2000 and was evaluated as “a rare work in which a father is involved in the childrearing and growth of children” (Book Page, 2001), was published as a complete collection and book (“My Dad”) in Korea in 2001 the following year. It is the best』, Kinderland) and has been translated and introduced.

In 14, 1986 years before the publication of 『My Dad』, author Anthony Brown, who had previously shared his thoughts on feminism with readers through 『Pig Book』, said in an interview with the British Guardian newspaper immediately after the publication of 『My Dad』, that this book He revealed that he thought about it for a very long time before publishing. “I also wanted to write a positive book about ‘father.’ But I couldn’t find the right method for a very long time.” (2000, Guardian) The author was concerned about the possibility that 『My Dad』 could be read as another male hero story, but for Korean readers living in the 2000s, this work “ It could not help but be read as a work that shows “a father’s exhaustion from a difficult life” and “let people express their gratitude to their father” (Busan Ilbo, 2009).

At the time of publication, in the early 2000s, Korean society did not have a proper safety net, went through the IMF foreign exchange crisis, and the idea that family was the only thing to trust swept through the entire society, and the song that comforted the common people during that time was the children's song "Cheer Up, Dad." (Lyricist Kwon Yeon-soon, Composer Han Su-seong) This is because the social perception that supporting the family is the father's role was widespread. However, thanks to today's generation of women in their 3s and 40s, whose mothers endured hardships wearing the clothes of compassion and surviving the patriarchy on their backs, led the cultural trend of the 2000s, cracks appeared in that strong wall. Let’s take a look at every nook and cranny of 『My Dad』, which is revisited in a revised edition. Readers are able to understand the meanings that were obscured by the norms of previous times, such as Little Red Riding Hood watching everything from the corner of the scene where her father is scolding the wolf, and an individual who cannot be defined by one gender, who beats the beat next to her father as he dances. You will find two.