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The Américas Award : honoring Latino/a children's and young adult literature of the Americas /
This edited volume performs a critical analysis of the Américas Award, issues related to the content of the award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. It includes chapters by key scholars in the areas of youth literature in English, English Education, Library and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Children and youth in popular culture series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Américas Award: Latin@ Youth Literature for the K-12 Classroom; Chapter 2. Why Does Latin@ Youth Literature Matter? How Children Learn about Race; Chapter 3. Filling the Gap: The Looking Glass Legacy of Julie Kline and the Américas Book Award; Chapter 4. Educating for Global Competence through the Américas Award; Chapter 5. The Américas Award, Cultural Competence, and the Politics of Publishing; Chapter 6. Book Awards, Cultural Authenticity and Contextualization.
- Chapter 7. The Américas Award Books in Early Childhood Education: Reconceptualizing the Conversation about Diversity with Pre-service TeachersChapter 8. Cultural and Social Justice Issues in the Américas Award-Winning Poetry Anthologies; Chapter 9. Borders, Home, Spirituality, and Language: Sociopolitical Themes in Latin@ Children's Literature, 1990-2015; Chapter 10. Glimpses of the Caribbean: Jamaicans in the Américas Award Winning Books; Chapter 11. The Américas Award on Screen Promoting Critical Engagement with Literature via Multimodal Composition.
- Chapter 12. The Américas Award on Stage: A Call for More Latin@ TheaterChapter 13. Translation and Transformation: The Status of Américas Award Books' Translation in East Asia; Chapter 14. Public Library Service to Latin@ Communities; Index; About the Contributors.