2018 - Children's and Young Adult Literature and Culture 3: Looking Back with New Eyes
Session Chair
Diana Dominguez
Occurs at
Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 4:45pm - 6:15pm
Room
Sendero Ballroom II
A new look at juvenile literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Presentations
| Title | Body | Presenter | Affiliation | Presentation type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Such Hifalutin’ Foolishness": Mark Twain’s Assessment of Children’s Education in Post-Reconstruction America |
In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates the central... |
Afrin Zeenat | University of Arkansas | Paper |
| Gimmie Candy, Sad Sack -- The Image of the Hungry Child in Wartime and an Alternative Approach to Teaching History | Jay Casey | University of Arkansas | Paper | |
| Let’s Solve a Mystery: The Evolution of the Girl Sleuth in L. Frank Baum’s Girls’ Series |
In 1916, under the pseudonym Edith Van Dyne, L. Frank Baum introduced the character of Josie O’... |
Diana Dominguez | University of Texas, Brownsville | Paper |