I have collected so many articles on the Hunger Games about race, disability, and female portrayal. I am going to compile them all here. I know there are some missing, because unlike good librarians, I didn’t make a book mark folder (good going cait!).
race:
White Until Proven Black: Imagining Race In The Hunger Games
Katniss Is Olive-Skinned, Deal With It (loved this one, a more personal post - check out the rest of her blog for more THG posts)
Hollywood Whitewashing (And yes it hurts)
The Hunger Games: I Want My Bread And Roses Back (discussion starts about halfway thru)
Why Do Social Justice Nerds Love The Hunger Games?
Yes, There Are Black People In Your Hunger Games
disability:
So, How About THOSE Hunger Games? (i tumbl’d this article not too long ago and got some really interesting responses).
This is the BEST response concerning deafness (PLEASE READ IT)
In the Hunger Games, What Happens To The Disabled Competitors?
there are unfortunately not a lot of articles that i’ve come across about disabilities in THG :(
female portrayal/misc.:
Why We Need More Female Characters In Film Like Katniss Everdeen
Why Katniss is A Feminist Character (And It’s Not Because She Wields A Bow and Beats Boys Up)
Julie Clawson on The Hunger Games, Consumerism, and Justice
Power, Public Life, and The Hunger Games
Was The Hunger Games Inspired By Battle Royale
the thing i’ve really enjoyed about these books is the mass discussion it’s sparked. if you have any that aren’t listed, please contribute?
UPDATED TO ADD:
The Hunger Games & Katniss, Part 1: The Novel - Feminist Frequency (part 2 to come soon)
The Hunger Games, Hollywood, and Fighting Fuck Toys
Collins wrote for “Clarissa Explains It All” - what do Katniss & Clarissa have in common?
I have collected so many articles on the Hunger Games about race, disability, and female portrayal. I am going to compile them all here. I know there are some missing, because unlike good librarians, I didn’t make a book mark folder (good going cait!).
race:
White Until Proven Black: Imagining Race In The Hunger Games
Katniss Is Olive-Skinned, Deal With It (loved this one, a more personal post - check out the rest of her blog for more THG posts)
Hollywood Whitewashing (And yes it hurts)
The Hunger Games: I Want My Bread And Roses Back (discussion starts about halfway thru)
Why Do Social Justice Nerds Love The Hunger Games?
Yes, There Are Black People In Your Hunger Games
disability:
So, How About THOSE Hunger Games? (i tumbl’d this article not too long ago and got some really interesting responses).
This is the BEST response concerning deafness (PLEASE READ IT)
In the Hunger Games, What Happens To The Disabled Competitors?
there are unfortunately not a lot of articles that i’ve come across about disabilities in THG :(
female portrayal/misc.:
Why We Need More Female Characters In Film Like Katniss Everdeen
Why Katniss is A Feminist Character (And It’s Not Because She Wields A Bow and Beats Boys Up)
Julie Clawson on The Hunger Games, Consumerism, and Justice
Power, Public Life, and The Hunger Games
Was The Hunger Games Inspired By Battle Royale
the thing i’ve really enjoyed about these books is the mass discussion it’s sparked. if you have any that aren’t listed, please contribute?
Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy to become very graphic novel
Each title will be adapted into two graphic novels, with the Dragon Tattoo adaptation out in 2012 and the second and third novels to be adapted in 2013 and 2014. Dan DiDio, DC Entertainment co-publisher, has called the “intricate characters and stories” created by Larsson the “perfect match for the graphic novel format, where we can bring Lisbeth Salander to life in entirely new, visually compelling ways”.
Book swaps and book shares could be set up at tube and train stations across London in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.
A neat-o idea, mate.
For Their Children, Many E-Book Fans Insist On Paper
Print books may be under siege from the rise of e-books, but they have a tenacious hold on a particular group: children and toddlers. Their parents are insisting this next generation of readers spend their early years with old-fashioned books.
Libraries Must Find Ways To Draw Teens
Determined to do something for teens in her own bailiwick, [Janice Sileo]’s organizing a teen advisory group that will allow members to design and develop programs for their age group and learn how to promote the library. The first meeting is scheduled at the library from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 1. Membership is free, but participants must first get parental permission.
“First off, I want to hear what the teens want to do,” Mrs. Sileo said. “I have my own ideas, but I want them to take ownership of the group.”
Debra Lau Whelan, “Out and Ignored” (School Library Journal, 01/2006,vol. 52, issue 1).
Sad… but true. We should be doing better for our young adult population.
