CFP: Nostalgia and Children's Literature (3/13/07; SAMLA, 11/9/07-11/11/07)

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Julie Sinn
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Past Pleasures: Nostalgia and Children's Literature

Children's Literature Discussion Circle =97 Call For Papers
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Conference
November 2007
Atlanta, Georgia

In order to examine children's literature through the lens of nostalgia,
possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following options:

*Updating comics, cartoons, or toys for a new generation of children
*Children's literature and/or cultural objects as souvenirs
*Nostalgic longing for aspects of childhood
*Recapturing or re-imagining childhood
*Historical toys/books translated into new mediums
*Selective cultural memory and amnesia
*Ascribing value to collected objects, children's museums, the role of the
collector

Please submit questions, one-page abstracts, or eight-page papers by March
13, 2007 to Julie A. Sinn at julie.sinn_at_gmail.com.

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