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Interrogating the Social Imagination: Examining the Renegotiation of Self and Others Through Young Adult Literature

Tue, April 21, 12:25 to 1:55pm, Virtual Room

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session grounds how the social imagination of young people, particularly in the current socio-critical context (Gutierrez, 2008), can be shaped by learning through YA literature. It brings together diverse work from across the United States to interrogate the role of YA literature in classrooms and teacher education contexts. These papers do not simply emphasize the powerful role of literature in the lives of young people but specifically focus on how youth understandings of the self and others can be and are shaped and renegotiated through relationships fostered by these works.

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