Walls in the text, borders in the peritext. Exploring borders and peritext in contemporary picturebooks.

Abstract

This article attempts to identify and highlight the value of the peritext in capturing the walls, real and implied, social and political, even those that rise in the middle of a book. The aim is to underline the power of the peritext, which is sometimes visualized on the endpapers, sometimes stated in the title, and sometimes being the substance of the book, a piece of its body, a tangible entity.