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Representation and Omission: Medium, Genre, and Identity in Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Mon, April 16, 12:25 to 1:55pm, New York Marriott Marquis, Floor: Fifth Floor, Westside Ballroom Salon 3Session Type: Roundtable Session
Abstract
This roundtable session brings together papers that explore both representation of various aspects of identity, as well as simplifications or absences, across a range of genres and media.
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Papers
Image as Complex Text: The Lost Function of Comics in the English Classroom - William Joseph Fassbender, University of Georgia
Pictures of Hate: Representing Crime, Bigotry, and Violence in Children's Literature - Katherine M. Sciurba, San Diego State University
Their Dreams and Possibilities . . . and the Necessity of Accurate Representation: LGBTQ Individuals Within Picture Book Biographies - Stephen Adam Crawley, University of Georgia