Race, ethnicity, and representation in Irish children’s and young adult literature and film: an introduction

This special issue originated in 2023 in Dublin at the Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature's (ISSCL) 1 biannual conference, where we asked researchers and scholars of Irish children's and young adult (YA) literature and culture to consider the question, "Who Do We Think We Are?" and submit proposals for papers on the subjects of race, ethnicity, and representation in the national youth-literature canon.Over two days in April, both online and in Trinity College Dublin, we listened to presentations on the Bangladeshi-Irish young