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Clear definition used by two other sources I read.
Brahic, Catherine. "Daydream Believers." New Scientist 223, no. 2987 (September 20, 2014): 32-37. Accessed July 15, 2016. doi:10.1016/s0262-4079(14)61814-5.
Essential explanation of the evolution and uses of human imagination, from childhood to adulthood.
Bronson, Po, and Ashley Merryman. "The Creativity Crisis." Newsweek 156, no. 3 (July 19, 2010): 44-49. Accessed July 17, 2016. Academic Search Premier.
Causes and solutions to the national decline in creativity.
Butler, Octavia E. Bloodchild and Other Stories. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1996.
Science fiction, title story African American author.
Egan, Kieran, Maureen Stout, and Keiichi Takaya. Teaching and Learning outside the Box: Inspiring Imagination across the Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 2007.
Exceptional source for learning about tailoring lessons for at-risk youth that
stimulate their imaginative thinking processes.
Frey, Nancy, and Douglas Fisher. "You Got More of These? Re-Engaging Adolescent Readers and Writers with Meaningful Texts." Random House, Inc. An Annual Magazine for Educators 1, no. 1, 7-11. Accessed February 28, 2016. http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/RHI_magazine/pdf/RHI06.pdf.
Explanation of texts for un-engaged readers.
Harmon, William, and C. Hugh. Holman. A Handbook to Literature. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.
"Home - Visual Thinking Strategies." Home - Visual Thinking Strategies. Accessed August 03, 2016. http://www.vtshome.org/.
Commonly used and respected source for visual literacy standards, training, and protocols. A good starting place for those who might be new to visual thinking practices.
Hood, Yolanda. "ALAN V36n3 - Rac(e)ing into the Future: Looking at Race in Recent Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels for Young Adults by Black Authors." ALAN V36n3 - Rac(e)ing into the Future: Looking at Race in Recent Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels for Young Adults by Black Authors. Summer 2009. Accessed February 22, 2016. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/v36n3/hood.html.
Starting place--look at bibliography
"Kara Walker's "A Subtlety" On View Through July 6 - Creative Time." Creative Time. Accessed July 18, 2016. http://creativetime.org/projects/karawalker/.
The webpage for Kara Walker's sugar show in Brooklyn.
Art21org. "Kara Walker: "A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby" | ART21 "Exclusive"" YouTube. July 25, 2014. Accessed July 16, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRkP5rcXtys.
Konkin, Serena F. Between Worlds: Paracosms as Imaginal Liminality in Response to Trauma. Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2014. Accessed July 13, 2016. http://search.proquest.com/docview/1519572120?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=15172.
Thorough explanation of paracosm and traumatic imagination use.
Prothero, James. "Fantasy, Science Fiction, and the Teaching of Values." The English Journal 79, no. 3 (1990): 32-34. Accessed February 28, 2016. Jstor.
Root-Bernstein, Michele, and Robert Root-Bernstein. "Imaginary Worldplay in Childhood and Maturity and Its Impact on Adult Creativity." HCRJ Creativity Research Journal Creativity Res. J. 18, no. 4 (2006): 405-25. Accessed July 16, 2016. doi:10.1207/s15326934crj1804_1.
Smith, Carl B. "Helping Children Understand Literary Genres. ERIC Digest." Helping Children Understand Literary Genres. ERIC Digest. 2014. Accessed July 18, 2016. http://www.ericdigests.org/1994/genres.htm.
Smith, Roberta. "Sugar? Sure, but with Salted Meaning." New York Times, May 11, 2014. Accessed July 16, 2016. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/arts/design/a-subtlety-or-the-marvelous-sugar-baby-at-the-domino-plant.html?_r=0.
Smith, Stephanie A. "Octavia Butler: A Retrospective." Feminist Studies 33, no. 2 (Summer 2007): 385-93. Accessed July 15, 2016. Academic Search Premier.
Distilled life and works of Octavia Butler useful for review and perspective.
Yep, Laurence. "The Outsider in Fiction and Fantasy." English Journal 94, no. 3 (2005): 52. Accessed July 15, 2016. doi:10.2307/30046419.
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