Young adult literature and adolescent identity across cultures and classrooms
Subtitle: contexts for the literary lives of teens
By: edited by Janet Alsup.
Contributors: Alsup, Janet.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415876988; 9780203853139
Subjects: Young adult literature -- Study and teaching; Young adult literature -- Stories, plots, etc; Ethnicity in literature -- Study and teaching; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Characters and characteristics in literature
Genres: Stories, plots, etc
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: identification, actualization, or education: why teach ya? / Janet Alsup; title: Who are the teens reading ya? African American young adult literature and Black adolescent identity: developing a sense of self and society through narrative / Joy Dangora; title: Depictions of Chinese Americans in young adult literature: American born Chinese and beyond / Nai-Hua Kuo; title: Composing themselves: the discursive (de) construction of queer identity in 6 young adult novels / James R. Gilligan; title: Teaching through the conflict: examining the value of culturally authentic Arabic young adult literature / Nisreen M. Kamel Anati; title: Culture and language: the two tongues of Mexican-American young adult literature: companion chapters: funds of knowledge and Mexican American cultural values in Ma Yal /  William J. Broz; title: Mestizaje: forging identity through hybridity / René Saldaa, Jr.; title: Why should teachers teach ya? Engaging and enchanting the heart: developing moral identity through young adult fantasy literature / Aliel Cunningham; title: Beyond the comics page: pedagogical opportunities and challenges in teaching graphic novels / Lisa Schade Eckert; title: Pedagogues and demigods: captivity, pedagogy, and young adult literature in an age of diminished expectations / Jeff Spanke; title: Perspective giving and taking in the secondary English class: considering the case of Erin Gruwell / Jeanne Smith Muzzillo; title: Why are teens reading ya? The appeal of young adult literature in late adolescence: college freshmen read ya / Gail Zdilla; title: 1 female reader reading ya: understanding Norman Holland's identity themes thirty years later / Janet Alsup.