CHL 429C Culture Matters in Children's Literature
Takes as its premise the principle that culture stands as a collaborative exercise to examine how American children's literature written in English has moved from its monocultural roots in British literature to one that strives to include modern America's many cultures, including diverse racial and ethnic groups, sexual orientations and identities, and abilities. Grapples with issues of representation and intersectionality as they arise from identity politics-of the creators, the gatekeepers, and the putative and actual audiences-and consider how well traditional critical methodologies accommodate them.
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