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Meaning of Own Voices | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A literary movement centering books (particularly children's and young-adult fiction) about marginalized people written by authors of the same group.

attributive, often

Examples

““The Hate U Give” is an “Own Voices” book, which means that it's about a diverse character and is written by an author from the same diverse group.”
“Own voices story about autism, dating and the joy of growing up.”
“An Own Voices title set in present-day Chennai, India, modelled on the Vadapalani Market near where the author grew up.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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