CALL FOR PAPERS
THE GROWTH AND CHANGE IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE OVER
THE LAST 150 YEARS
The Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Associations and American Culture
Associations are holding a series of panels at the next meeting of these
regional groups, February 9-12, 2000 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at
the Sheraton Oldtown Hotel. We met there last year and it was a perfect
venue for us with sights, sounds, tastes, and museums of the Southwest.
Papers wanted on how Children's Literature, either in the US or in the
rest of the world, has grown and/or changed in the last 150 years,
especially in terms of the "messages" being delivered to children, and
"political correctness" issues (race, ethnicity, gender). Other areas of
possible focus: illustration changes/advances, moral vs. fun purposes of
children's books, decrease/increase of violence, fantasy vs. reality.
Likely topics (but not limited to):
The effect of the rise of publishing houses with specific ethnic/race
focus for their books
Does the focus on political correctness provide diversity or create
fragmentation?
The effect of the "Disney-fication" of fairy tales, classic stories, and
historical personalities
Comparison and analysis of portrayals of race/ethnicity/gender roles in
older and newer literature
Changes in illustration -- effects on readership
The state of Children's Literature in the publishing business
Using Children's Literature in the classroom (across the spectrum:
Kindergarten to college)
(What can students learn from it?)
Fantasy vs. Reality in Children's fiction -- is fantasy still around?
why/why not?
Analysis of Caldecott and Newberry winners over past few decades: what
does it say about
audience/publishers
Has the rise in violence and vulgarity in movies affected Children's
Literature (subjects/style)?
Papers treating any aspect of the topic are welcome.
Abstracts/Proposals for papers are due by
December 1, 1999. Please submit a one-page abstract or panel proposal
and a c.v. to me at the e-mail
listed below (preferred), or to the physical address also listed below.
Please respond to the Area Chair:
Diana Dominguez
Texas Tech University
Department of English
Lubbock, TX 79409
806.742.2501 and fax 0989
e-mail: gypsyscholar@hotmail.com
You can also check out the SW/Texas PCA/ACA website for more information
at:
http://www2.okstate.edu/swpca
Hope to see you there!
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