Critical content analysis of children's and young adult literature : reframing perspective / edited by Holly Johnson, Janelle Mathis, and Kathy G. Short.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Holly, 1956- editor.

Mathis, Janelle, editor.

Short, Kathy Gnagey, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's literature--History and criticism.

Children's literature.

Young adult literature--History and criticism.

Young adult literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 206 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

In this book the authors describe their strategies for critically reading global and multicultural literature and the range of procedures they use for critical analyses. They also reflect on how these research strategies can inform classrooms and children as readers. Critical content analysis offers researchers a methodology for examining representations of power and position in global and multicultural children's and adolescent literature. This methodology highlights the critical as locating power in social practices by understanding, uncovering, and transforming conditions of inequity. Importantly, it also provides insights into specific global and multicultural books significant within classrooms as well as strategies that teachers can use to engage students in critical literacy. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Critical Content Analysis as a Research Methodology / Kathy G. Short with the Worlds of Words Community 1

2 The Critical Reading of Children's Texts: Theories, Methodologies, and Critiques / Clare Bradford Bradford, Clare 16

3 Examining Displaced Youth and Immigrant Status through Critical Multicultural Analysis / Holly Johnson Johnson, Holly, Becca Gasiewicz Gasiewicz, Becca 28

4 Using Intertextuality to Unpack Representations of Immigration in Children's Literature / Yoo Kyung Sung Sung, Yoo Kyung, Mary L. Fahrenbruck Fahrenbruck, Mary L., Julia López-Robertson López-Robertson, Julia 44

5 When Entertainment Trumps Social Concerns: The Commodification of Mexican Culture and Language in Skippyjon Jones / Carmen M. Martínez-Roldán Martínez-Roldán, Carmen M. 61

6 "Having Something of Their Own": Passing on a Counter-Story about Family Bonds, Racism, and Land Ownership / Wanda M. Brooks Brooks, Wanda M. 77

7 Representations of Same Sex Marriage in Children's Picture Storybooks / Janine M. Schall Schall, Janine M. 92

8 Re-Imagining an Alternative Life after the Darfur War: Writing as Emancipatory Practice / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian 106

9 The Significance of the Arts in Literature: Understanding Social, Historical, and Cultural Events / Janelle Mathis Mathis, Janelle 122

10 The Right to Participate: Children as Activists in Picturebooks / Kathy G. Short Short, Kathy G. 137

11 Blurred Lines: The Construction of Adolescent Sexuality in Young Adult Novels / Melissa B. Wilson Wilson, Melissa B. 155

12 A Poststructural Discourse Analysis of a Novel Set in Haiti / Deborah Dimmett Dimmett, Deborah 169

13 Connecting Critical Content Analysis to Critical Reading in Classrooms / Holly Johnson Johnson, Holly, Janelle Mathis Mathis, Janelle, Kathy G. Short Short, Kathy G. 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138120082

1138120081

9781138120099

113812009X

OCLC:

954424739