A Mama for Owen: re-addressing adoption creatively in an accordion of visual parallelism
Published online on August 22, 2024
Abstract
Visual Communication, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 339-378, February 2026.
This article critically explores the concept of ‘adoption’ via the semiotic analysis of the picture bookA Mama for Owen(Bauer and Butler, 2007), which stands here as a testimony of adoption narratives and the ways in which they are creatively re-...
This article critically explores the concept of ‘adoption’ via the semiotic analysis of the picture bookA Mama for Owen(Bauer and Butler, 2007), which stands here as a testimony of adoption narratives and the ways in which they are creatively re-...