Chloë Hughes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Western Oregon University

Peacekeepers: Using Young Adult International War Literature as a Model

for Broadening Perspectives and Engaging Youth in Positive Social Change

ORATE, January 27, 2012

Tour of the Literature

“The real war will never get into the books.”

Bibliography and Framework for Examining Cultural Authenticity of International Literature

The Bite of the Mango

“I may not have hands, but I have a voice,” declares Mariatu.

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

As Beah says, “If I take revenge [and] kill another person [their] family will want revenge, and revenge and revenge and revenge will never end.”

Thura’s Diary: My life in wartime Iraq

“Let’s give children the opportunity to be happy; let’s give people the chance to live and hope, to help others, and bring an end to all the suffering.” Thura Al-Windawi

Out of War: True stories from the front lines of the Children’s Movement for Peace in Colombia

Noticing and Naming…Enacting a Better Future

http://www.un.org/disarmament/education/Movies/ak47_guitar/

Reclaiming Courage and Creativity