Format:
1 online resource (229 pages)
ISBN:
9781498501613
Series Statement:
Children and Youth in Popular Culture
Content:
This edited volume performs a critical analysis of the Américas Award, issues related to the content of the award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. It includes chapters by key scholars in the areas of youth literature in English, English Education, Library and Information Science, and Ethnic Studies.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Américas Award: LatinYouth Literature for the K-12 Classroom -- Chapter 2. Why Does Latin@ Youth Literature Matter? How Children Learn about Race -- Chapter 3. Filling the Gap: The Looking Glass Legacy of Julie Kline and the Américas Book Award -- Chapter 4. Educating for Global Competence through the Américas Award -- Chapter 5. The Américas Award, Cultural Competence, and the Politics of Publishing -- Chapter 6. Book Awards, Cultural Authenticity and Contextualization -- Chapter 7. The Américas Award Books in Early Childhood Education: Reconceptualizing the Conversation about Diversity with Pre-service Teachers -- Chapter 8. Cultural and Social Justice Issues in the Américas Award-Winning Poetry Anthologies -- Chapter 9. Borders, Home, Spirituality, and Language: Sociopolitical Themes in Latin@ Children's Literature, 1990-2015 -- Chapter 10. Glimpses of the Caribbean: Jamaicans in the Américas Award Winning Books -- Chapter 11. The Américas Award on Screen Promoting Critical Engagement with Literature via Multimodal Composition -- Chapter 12. The Américas Award on Stage: A Call for More Latin@ Theater -- Chapter 13. Translation and Transformation: The Status of Américas Award Books' Translation in East Asia -- Chapter 14. Public Library Service to Latin@ Communities -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781498501606
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Américas award Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016 ISBN 9781498501606
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
