Colloquium to explore precarity in children’s literature
Dr. Nicole Markotić is one of the organizers of an upcoming colloquium on precarity in children's literature (left: K.HARGREAVES/University of Windsor; right: CANVA STOCK/University of Windsor)
By Kate Hargreaves
With children’s literature becoming a flashpoint for controversy in both the United States and Canada, the question of who is represented in stories for kids and how those stories are told appears more urgent than ever.
An upcoming colloquium hosted by the University of Windsor department of English will focus on precarity in children’s literature, examining the ways in which marginalized identities are represented in texts for children.