Ethnic literary traditions in American children'sliterature

Esteemed contributors expand the range of possibilities for reading, understanding, and teaching children's literature as ethnic literature rather than children's literature in this ambitious collection. INDICE: - Do Dick and Jane Still Live Here? Reading Children's Literature as Ethnic Literature; Y.Atkinson ; M.P.Stewart - PART I: AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE - Listening to the Loons: On Finding the Ideas for My Books; J.Bruchac -Beyond Feathers and Fringe: An Interview with Cynthia Leitich Smith; M.P.Stewart - Survival Through Stories: An Introduction to Indian Literatures; P.J.Hafen - Oral Narrative and Objibwa Story Cycles in Louise Erdrich's The BirchbarkHouse and The Game of Silence; E.Gargano - Alive and Well and Reclaiming Their Cultural Voice: Third Generation Native American Children's Literature; M.P.Stewart - PART II: AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE - The Cadence of Language: An Interview with Julius Lester; Y.Atkinson - 'Way Down in the Jungle Deep, the Lion Stepped on the Monkey's Feet': An Introduction to African American Literature; Y.Atkinson - Trauma and National Identity in Haitian American Young Adult Literature; K.Capshaw Smith - For All My Children, or Approaching African American Children's Picture Books; N.Lester - PART III: ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE - 'Where Are You From?' Does an Author's Ethnicity Matter in Mainstream Contemporary Literature?; L.Yee - On Finding a Home; C.Kadohata - Foreigners Within:an Introduction to Asian American Literature; T.Yamamoto - Acts of 'Desicreation': Urban Space and South Asian American Identity in Tanuja Desai Hidler's Born Confused'; M.L.de Jesus - 'Examining History: Representing War in Asian American Autobiographies for Children; R.G.Davis - PART IV: LATINO/A LITERATURE - Widening the Circle: An Oral Interview with Julia Alvarez; M.P.Stewart - Art, Activism, and Community: An Introduction to Latina/o Literature; T.González - Conflicting Inclinations: Luis J. Rodriguez's Picture Books for Children; P.Serrato - Reading Trauma and Violence in U.S. Latina/o Children's Literature; T.Lopez - Further Reading

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61875-6
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 25/12/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés