Américas Award

Honoring Latino/a Children's and Young Adult Literature of the Americas
Herausgeber: Henderson, Laretta

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 Information Science, and Ethnic Studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781498501606
• ISBN-10: 1498501605
• Artikelnr.: 43893141

Autorenporträt

Laretta Henderson is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she teaches courses in children's and young adult literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Américas Award: Latino/a Youth Literature for the K-12
Classroom
Laretta Henderson
Chapter 2: Why does Latino/a Youth Literature Matter? How Children and
Young Adults Learn about Race
Erin Winkler
Chapter 3: Envisioning Tomorrow: The Musings of Julie Kline on the History
and Future of the Américas Award
Ruth Quiroa
Chapter 4: Educating for Global Competence through the Américas Award
Denise Woltering Vargas
Chapter 5: The Américas Award, Cultural Competence, and the Politics of
Publishing
Jamie Naidoo
Chapter 6: Book Awards, Social Responsibility and Cultural
Contextualization
Laretta Henderson
Chapter 7: The Américas Award Books in Early Childhood Education:
Reconceptualizing the Conversation about Diversity with Pre-service
Teachers
Leanne Evans
Chapter 8: Cultural and Social Justice Issues in the Américas Award Winning
Poetry Anthologies
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
Chapter 9: Borders, Home, Spirituality, and Language: Sociopolitical Themes
in Latino/a Children's Literature 1990-2015
Patricia Enciso and Carmen L. Medina
Chapter 10: Border Crossing: Immigration in the Américas Award Winning
Books
Ruth McKoy Lowery
Chapter 11: The Américas Award on Screen: Promoting Critical Engagement
with Literature via Multimodal Composition
Candance M. Doerr-Stevens
Chapter 12: The Américas Award on Stage: A Call for More Latino Youth
Theater
Roxanne Schroeder-Arce
Chapter 13: Translation and Transformation: The Status of Américas Award
Books Translation in East Asia
Wooseob Jeong
Chapter 14: Public Library Service to Latino/a Communities
Colleen E. Marsh
Index
About the Contributors