The Américas Award (eBook, ePUB)

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First awarded in 1993, the Américas Award is given in recognition of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The Award is unique in that selects Latino/a youth literature for classroom use and in that it focuses on the entire Western Hemisphere. Scholars from the fields of literature, education, lbrary science, and theater engage with Latino/a Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) in this ecollection of essays about the Américas Award, the Award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. This collection offers essays on the history of the award, close readings of Award-winning and honored books situated in the classroom, and discussions of how best to use the books in the classroom, library and theater.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498501613
• Artikelnr.: 44762347

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