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The project subverts dominant white narrative structures by centering marginalized subjects, including minority protagonists, diverse mythologies, and multicultural communities. Presented as a graphic Webcomic, the narrative draws on Asian, South Pacific, and some South American legends and cultural elements. Visual storytelling supports an alternate inclusive worldview that normalizes “otherness” and expands readers’ limited perspectives.","DUST  \nby  \nKaren Alicia Scheewe  \nA thesis submitted to the faculty of The University of North Carolina at Charlotte in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English  \nCharlotte  \n2016  \nApproved by:  \n\n| Dr. Balaka Basu |\n| --- |\n| Dr. Bryn Chancellor |\n\nDr. Paula Connolly  \n© 2016  \nKaren Alicia Scheewe ALL RIGHTS RESERVED  \nABSTRACT  \nKAREN ALICIA SCHEEWE. Dust. (Under the direction of DR. BALAKA BASU)  \nIn a culture dominated by Eurocentric traditions and narratives, there are many silences in our discourse. I seek to address the absence of multiculturalism in children’s literature. This creative project subverts the dominant white structure of our society in favor of an inclusive viewpoint which promotes the reception of marginalized subjects. In this undertaking, I write towards what is missing including minority protagonists, diverse mythologies, and multicultural communities. This narrative attempts to take readers away from the Eurocentric foundation and immerse them in a culturally different world through a graphic Webcomic. The story pulls from various Asian, South Pacific, and some South American legends, architecture, customs, and more. This story utilizes visual mediums to demonstrate an alternate worldview, one that is inclusive of ethnic diversity, normalizing what is considered “other.” Such narratives are essential in order to expand our worldviews and also to diversify our currently limited narratives.  \nINTRODUCTION  \nThis project evolved as I examined the boundaries of text and how such boundaries were exclusionary. We live in a society where media is oversaturated with Caucasian protagonists. If present, the racial other often takes a secondary sidekick-like role. This doesn’t mean that divers narratives don’t exist, but they are few and far between. This social trend has trained audiences to expect whiteness. In order to combat this whiteout, we must be aware consumers; consumers who recognize portrayals of race, culture, and class as well as the absence of these depictions.  \nThe dominating standard of literature is narratives which are euro-focused. As in other media, storytelling falls short of multicultural integration thus creating a silent form of aggression against those whose story and lifestyle lie just outside accepted norms. My project pushes traditional storytelling limits in stylization, representation, and topic. This undertaking seeks to cast a light on those marginalized stories and cultures by employing them in the form of a graphic narrative.  \nThe choice to make this project a graphic one is a direct response to the current trends of children’s literature. This project gives me the unique opportunity to show culture and racial variety rather than call attention to the existence of diversity. As pointed out, audiences tend to assume characters are white unless otherwise corrected. And in pointing out that one character has dark skin or slanted eyes, the white-other binary is reinforced. Telling of diversity sustains the flawed cultural tendency to place whiteness as the norm, and separate anything not white as alien. It seems to me, that we need to retrain ourselves, opening the possibility of the non-white as something that is not only normal, but something to be expected in our ever diversifying world. Showing racial  \nand ethnic diversity through art enables a more natural acknowledgement. This project endeavors to create a narrative which fosters the normalization of the multicultural world.  \nIt begins the breaking down of the Eurocentric walls that hedge our society and our literature.  \nIn this graphic undertaking, illustrations are a key component. Images used hand in hand with written text are often criticized because graphic stories carry a reputation of being juvenile. Many argue that stories with pictures are less complex, a copout to the reader, or useful only to those who cannot comprehend the text without visual crutches. 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