Embracing, Evaluating, and Examining African American Children's and Young Adult Literature

Herausgeber: Brooks, Wanda M.; McNair, Jonda C.

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Produktbeschreibung

Featuring 12 original essays that present research related to African American children's literature conducted by scholars from leading academic institutions, editors Wanda M. Brooks and Jonda C. McNair offer a bouquet of diverse perspectives on African American children's and young adult literature, focusing attention on texts, on readers, and on pedagogical strategies that have the potential to bring the texts and the readers together.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780810860278
• ISBN-10: 0810860279
• Artikelnr.: 23016345

Autorenporträt

Edited by Wanda M. Brooks and Jonda C. McNair

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Part I: Textual Analysis Chapter 4 1.
A Comparative Analysis ofThe Brownies' Book and Contemporary African
American Children's Literature Written by Patricia C. McKissack Chapter 5
2. "The Random Brushing of Birds": Representations of African American
Women in Biographies Chapter 6 3. Following Tradition: Young Adult
Literature as Neo-slave Narrative Chapter 7 4. Arna Bontemps, Langston
Hughes, and the Roots of African American Children's Literature Chapter 8
5. A Triumphant Mulatto: Racial Construction in Mildred Taylor'sThe Land
Part 9 Part II: Reader Response Research and Theory Chapter 10 6.
Historical Fiction and Cultural Evocations in a Community-Based Literary
Club Chapter 11 7. My Boys and My Books: Engaging African American Young
Men in Emancipatory Reading Chapter 12 8. Reader Responses to African
American Children's Literature: A Sociolinguistic Perspective Chapter 13 9.
Reading Our Richly Diverse World: Conceptualizing a Response Development
Zone Part 14 Part III: Pedagogical Issues Chapter 15 10. African American
Children's Literature in Rural Schools Chapter 16 11. Where Life and
Children's Literature Meet: African American Males in the Elementary Grades
Chapter 17 12. Fences, Physical and Proverbial: Pre-service Teachers'
Engagement withThe Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson Part 18 Index Part 19
About the Contributors