Ethnic Literary Traditions in American Children s Literature 1st Edition by Yvonne Atkinson Michelle Pagni Stewart, Yvonne Atkinson ISBN 0230618758 978-0230618756

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ISBN 10: 0230618758 

ISBN 13: 978-0230618756

Author: Yvonne Atkinson Michelle Pagni Stewart, Yvonne Atkinson

his book expands the understanding of children’s literature as ethnic literature. A diverse blend of contributors helps readers to approach children’s literature from an insider’s perspective, thus enhancing the literary experience found in ethnic children’s books. This collection of essays will inform readers of the cultural nuances of ethnic literature, the signs, signals, and tags that can be misunderstood or overlooked. America has become more aware of our cultural differences, and Ethnic Literary Traditions in American Children’s Literature celebrates those distinctions.

Table of contents: 

1 Do Dick and Jane Still Live Here? Reading Children’s Literature as Ethnic Literature

Section I: American Indian Literature

2 Listening to the Loon: On Finding the Ideas for My Books

3 Survival through Stories: An Introduction to Indian Literatures

4 Oral Narrative and Ojibwa Story Cycles in Louise Erdrich’s Birchbark House and Game of Silence

5 Alive and Well and Reclaiming Their Cultural Voice: Third Generation Native American Children’s Li

Section II: African American Literature

6 The Cadence of Language: An Interview with Julius Lester

7 “Way Down in the Jungle Deep, the Lion Stepped on the Monkey’s Feet”: An Introduction to African A

8 Trauma and National Identity in Haitian-American Young Adult Literature

9 For All My Children, or Approaching African American Children’s Picture Books

Section III: Asian American Literature

10 On Finding a Home

11 Foreigners Within: An Introduction to Asian American Literature

12 Acts of “Desicreation”: Urban Space and South Asian American Identity in Tanuja Desai Hidier’s Bo

13 Examining History: Representing War in Asian American Autobiographies for Children

Section IV: Latina/o Literature

14 Writing on Violence and Healing for Young Audiences: An Interview with Rigoberto González

15 Art, Activism and Community: An Introduction to Latina/o Literature

16 Conflicting Inclinations: Luis J. Rodríguez’s Picture Books for Children

17 Reading Trauma and Violence in U.S. Latina/o Children’s Literature

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