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February 24, 2006
What to See at the Conference: CYA Division
Because the visual dimension of media in children's literature is such an important avenue for acculturation and marketing, our division features some especially intriguing work on the overlap between visual art and prose.
Papers include those on how race, film, digital technology, subversion, and imperialism are caught up with the visual dimension of literature for children.
Our panel discussion (Saturday at 10:30) asks what uses art has for children politically; in other words, how does art teach children to see the world, how does it help situate them in a consumer economy, and how does it engage them in a symbolic landscape marked by conceptions of prejudice and innocence? As the centerpiece of the division, the panel is a good place to ask the fundamental theoretical questions that are implicit in the rest of the division, where papers explore classic children's literature as well as Harry Potter and comics for kids.
Joe Sutliff Sanders, Division Head (CYA)
Posted by ChrissieMains at February 24, 2006 01:07 PM