Tales of Two Cities: Children\u2019s Literature and (Unequal) Childhoods in New York City
\nPanel Proposal (Sponsored by the Children\u2019s Literature Association [ChLA])<\/p>\n
MLA Annual Convention
\nJanuary 4-7, 2018, New York City<\/p>\n
In 2013, Bill de Blasio\u2019s mayoral campaign ran on the theme of \u201cA Tale of Two Cities.\u201d The narrative that New York is a deeply divided city \u2013 one that is simultaneously the world\u2019s capital of finance and culture and an unfortunate model of economic and social inequality \u2013 struck a chord with many voters. This panel will examine the ways in which children\u2019s and young adult literature set in New York City expresses, reinforces, confronts and\/or overlooks this image of the city as fractured and unequal. Papers may consider questions such as: how does children\u2019s and young adult literature represent (or ignore) the diversity of New York City childhoods? How do texts written for children and adolescents imagine the lives and concerns of young people who witness and\/or experience homelessness, racist policing and\/or hunger in a city considered to be a thriving center of finance, multiculturalism and the culinary arts? In what ways do these texts address the city\u2019s paradoxes (its embrace and alienation of immigrant populations, its denouncement and enabling of Wall Street rapacity)? How do narratives for children reinforce and\/or interrogate stereotypes of \u201curban youth\u201d?<\/p>\n
Send abstracts (300-500 words) and a short bio (50-75 words) to Lara Saguisag (lara.saguisag@csi.cuny.edu) by March 1, 2017.<\/p>\n
PLEASE NOTE: This CfP is for a proposed, not a guaranteed, session at the 2018 MLA Annual Convention (January 4 – 7, 2018; New York City). For your abstract to be included in the proposal, you must agree to join MLA or renew your membership no later than April 7, 2017. The MLA Program Committee will review all proposals in May 2017.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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