The book provides relevant theoretical and empirical research findings to address the challenges teachers face when interpreting and teaching with international children’s literature from Asia. Strategies are provided relating to how teachers can be more culturally conscious of their own biases and develop culturally appropriate interpretations.
The book provides relevant theoretical and empirical research findings to address the challenges teachers face when interpreting and teaching with international children’s literature from Asia. Strategies are provided relating to how teachers can be more culturally conscious of their own biases and develop culturally appropriate interpretations.
Yukari Takimoto Amos is a full professor at Central Washington University. She teaches a wide range of subjects including Asian Studies, linguistics, and multicultural education. With graduate training at both Japanese and U.S. universities, she has been a professor or an instructor in Japan, Singapore, the United States, and Hong Kong.
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Foreword: The Danger of Cultural De-contextualization in Studying Diversity through Literature Geneva Gay Preface Yukari Takimoto Amos Acknowledgements Introduction Daniel Miles Amos Part I: Issues and Concerns Chapter 1 - Preparing Our Students for the "Right" Future: Using Children's Literature to Promote Cultural Understanding Kathy Brashears Chapter 2 - Authenticity: In the Eye of the Beholder? Sharryn Larsen Walker Chapter 3 - Cultural Differences, Interpretations, and Power Yukari Takimoto Amos Part II: (Mis)interpretations Chapter 4 -The Cultural Battle Between East and West: Chinese Mulan Meets Disney's Mulan Annie Yen Ning Yang Chapter 5 - Remembering the Dark Past: Stories of the Korean War and Korean Immigration in American Children's Literature Chong Eun Ahn Chapter 6 - Reading with Cultural Empathy: Why Is It Difficult? Yukari Takimoto Amos Chapter 7 - Reading Analytically and Feeling Connected: When Indonesian Preservice Teachers Read Foreign Stories from China, Iraq, and the U.S. Tati Lathipatud Durriyah About the Editors About the Contributors
Foreword: The Danger of Cultural De-contextualization in Studying Diversity through Literature Geneva Gay Preface Yukari Takimoto Amos Acknowledgements Introduction Daniel Miles Amos Part I: Issues and Concerns Chapter 1 - Preparing Our Students for the "Right" Future: Using Children's Literature to Promote Cultural Understanding Kathy Brashears Chapter 2 - Authenticity: In the Eye of the Beholder? Sharryn Larsen Walker Chapter 3 - Cultural Differences, Interpretations, and Power Yukari Takimoto Amos Part II: (Mis)interpretations Chapter 4 -The Cultural Battle Between East and West: Chinese Mulan Meets Disney's Mulan Annie Yen Ning Yang Chapter 5 - Remembering the Dark Past: Stories of the Korean War and Korean Immigration in American Children's Literature Chong Eun Ahn Chapter 6 - Reading with Cultural Empathy: Why Is It Difficult? Yukari Takimoto Amos Chapter 7 - Reading Analytically and Feeling Connected: When Indonesian Preservice Teachers Read Foreign Stories from China, Iraq, and the U.S. Tati Lathipatud Durriyah About the Editors About the Contributors
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