A Mother and a Friend. Differences in Japanese and Swedish Mothers' Understanding of a Tale

Pramling Samuelsson, Ingrid,1946Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik, enheten för Barn- och ungdomsvetenskap,Department of Education, Childhood Studies Unit (author)

A narrative like The Giving Tree can be interpreted in various ways by readers from different cultures depending on differences in life-word apprehension. The study asked 193 Swedish and 344 Japanese mothers about what they felt as they heard this tale, what the tale was about and what children could learn from the tale. The responses were analysed according to the phenomenographic method. Six qualitatively different conceptions were found, describing some kind of relation. The categories were related to differences in age, where differences between Japanese mothers indicate a change in Japanese society. The categories are also related to differences in cultural background. Japanese mothers see a hierarchical relation, Swedish mothers see a mutual relation. A comparison between Swedish children and mothers show striking similarities, Finally, differences in interpretations can be related to differences in Japanese and Swedish children's life-world.

Mauritzson, Ulla,1949Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik, enheten för Barn- och ungdomsvetenskap,Department of Education, Childhood Studies Unit(Swepub:gu)xmauul (author)
Asplund Carlsson, Maj,1948Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Comparative Literature(Swepub:gu)xasplm (author)
Ueda, M (author)
Göteborgs universitetInstitutionen för pedagogik och didaktik, enheten för Barn- och ungdomsvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

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