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* [[Boys and Gender Expectations in YA (WisCon 31 panel)|53 Boys and Gender Expectations in Contemporary YA Fantasy and Science Fiction]]

Reading, Viewing, and Critiquing SF&F•Capitol A• Saturday, 10:00-11:15 a.m.

There's been a lot of discussion of the gender expectations, traditional and otherwise, placed on girls in recent fantasy and science fiction, from [[Harry Potter]] to [[His Dark Materials]], but what about boys? What expectations are being placed on the male protagonists of recent [[YA]] fantasy and science fiction? Do they differ from the expectations placed on traditional male protagonists in such stories?

[[Steve Berman]], [[Patrick Samphire]], [[Alicia Kestrell Verlager]]

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