TY - EJOUR AU - Nina Frieß AU - William Connor T1 - “Widdewidde wie sie uns gefällt” – “Just how we like it”. T2 - Copernico. Geschichte und kulturelles Erbe im östlichen Europa PY - 2024/12/11 UR - https://www.copernico.eu/en/link/6731bf8cd20bb3.81332371 DA - 2025/11/14 PB - Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung - Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft LA - en AB - Children’s and young adult books play a special role in their adolescent readers’ search for identity. The example of Kazakhstan shows how positive social visions for a country and its diverse society can be created and communicated especially in fantastic and fairytale-like works. KW - Kazakhstan KW - Kazakhstanis KW - Young adult book KW - Youth literature KW - Children’s book KW - Children's literature KW - Identity formation KW - Identity politics KW - Quest (literature) KW - Literary studies L1 - https://www.copernico.eu/en/doi/6731bf8cd20bb3.81332371 ER -