Diversity in youth literature
Subtitle: opening doors through reading
By: edited by Jamie Campbell Naidoo and Sarah Park Dahlen
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780838911433
Subjects: Multiculturalism in literature; History and criticism; Cultural pluralism in literature; Minorities in literature; Children's literature, American; American Young adult literature; Minority authors; Multicultural education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Voices of experience : promoting acceptance of other cultures / Carol Doll and Kasey Garrison; title: Opening doors to understanding : developing cultural competence through youth literature / Eliza Dresang; title: African American children's literature : liminal terrains and strategies for selfhood / Ebony Elizabeth Thomas; title: Promising portals and safe passages : a review of pre-K-12 Latino/a-themed literature / Ruth Quiroa; title: Beyond sari, Hindu monkey god, and Divaali : a critical analysis of South Asian cultures and childhood represented in picture books / Eun Hye Son and Yoo Kyung Sung; title: That's so Chamorro : representations of culture in Chamorro realistic fiction / Monique Storie; title: Growing mixed/up : multiracial identity in children's and young adult literature / Amina Chaudhri; title: The door has never opened for us : the Roma in recent children's fiction for grades 4-6 / Brian W. Sturm and Meghan Gaherty; title: Building a core collection : the Muslim experience in English language children's books, September 2001-September 2011 / Anna Nielsen; title: Holding out hope : homelessness in children's and young adult literature / Kim Becnel; title: How to evaluate children's and young adult books about transracial and transnational Asian adoption / Sarah Park; title: Representation in queer children's books : who's in and who's out / Jamie Campbell Naidoo; title: Rediscovering Filipino children's literature : Lola Basyang and me / Danilo M. Baylen.