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92 | Verena Eberhardt www.jrfm.eu 2018, 4/1, 81–99 The stories “Lena feiert Pessach mit Alma” and “Lili und das chinesische Frühlingsfest” represent religious oth- erness too (fig. 13–14). Only a few stories illustrate the spaces in which the characters who represent own identities live, and such illustrations are not linked with any specific religious or traditional mate- rial culture. This conceptual decision suggests a need to represent foreign identities, whereas own traditions ap- pear natural. This statement applies to fashion and clothing too. All the children – irrespective of national, cul- tural or religious background – wear similar clothes, whether trousers, skirts, blouses or shirts. The reader perceives the characters as equal. In- stead parents and grandparents are the characters who tend to represent otherness in their clothing (fig. 15–17). This conception suggests that culture and religion are located in family struc- tures. Fig. 13: Interior design and material culture in Hal ber stam/Späth (illust.), Lena feiert Pessach mit Alma (n. pag.) © Carlsen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 2011. Fig. 14: Interior design in Yu-Dembski/Leberer (illust.), Lili und das chinesische Frühlingsfest (n. pag.) © Carlsen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 2011. Fig. 15: Fashion and clothing in Pana/ Bandlow (illust.), Jana und Teresa feiern Himmelfahrt (n. pag.).