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