Board(er) Games: Space, Culture, and Empire in Jumanji and Its Intertexts
Board(er) Games: Space, Culture, and Empire in Jumanji and Its Intertexts
About this item
Full title
Board(er) Games: Space, Culture, and Empire in Jumanji and Its Intertexts
Author / Creator
Journal title
Jeunesse, young people, texts, cultures, 2020-12, Vol.12 (2), p.40-61
Language
English
Formats
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
Two recent transmedia narratives—Karuna Riazi’s 2017 middle-grade novel The Gauntlet and the 2017 film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle—have attempted to reclaim the 1995 film Jumanji’s colonial narrative (adapted from Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 picture book). Both present forms of the “portal fantasy,” in which a protagonist supernaturally breaches t...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Board(er) Games: Space, Culture, and Empire in Jumanji and Its Intertexts
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_3138_jeunesse_12_2_40
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_3138_jeunesse_12_2_40
Other Identifiers
ISSN
1920-2601
E-ISSN
1920-261X
DOI
10.3138/jeunesse.12.2.40
How to access this item
Log in as a Library member
