Mingshui Cai

Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults (eBook, PDF)

Reflections on Critical Issues

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

There is much discussion of multiculturalism in education. This is especially true of multicultural literature for children and young adults. The rise of multicultural literature is a political rather than a literary movement; it is a movement to claim space in literature and in education for historically marginalized social groups rather than one to renovate the craft of literature itself. Multicultural literature has been closely bound with the cause of multiculturalism in general and thus has been confronted with resistance from conservatives. This book discusses many of the controversial issues surrounding multicultural literature for children and young adults.

The volume begins with a look at some of the foundational and theoretical issues related to multicultural literature. The second part of the book addresses issues related to the creation and critique of multicultural literature, including the authorship of such works and the role of the reader in determining whether or not a work is multicultural. The third looks at the place of multicultural literature in the education of children and young adults. Throughout its discussion, the book makes extensive references to a large body of multicultural fiction and provides a thorough review of research on this important topic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313076404
• Artikelnr.: 37831563

Autorenporträt

MINGSHUI CAI is Associate Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Northern Iowa. He is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Children's Literature and has also served on the editorial board of Language Arts. His articles have appeared in The New Advocate, Bookbird, Children's Literature in Education, and other journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Issues Related to the Concept of Multicultural Literature Defining
Multicultural Literature Classifying Multicultural Literature Issues
Related to the Creation and Critique of Multicultural Literature
Imagination, Ethnicity, and Cultural Authenticity Reader Response Theory
and the Author Role in Multicultural Literature Stereotyping and the
Politics of Representation Culturally Correct and the Evaluation of
Multicultural Literature Issues Related to the Use of Multicultural
Literature in Education Crossing Cultural Borders From Informing to
Empowering Investigating Reader Responses to Multicultural Literature
Appendix: Web Sites Related to Multicultural Literature Index