Young adult literature and adolescent identity across cultures and classrooms : contexts for the literary lives of teens / edited by Janet Alsup.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alsup, Janet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adult literature--Study and teaching.

Young adult literature.

Young adult literature--Stories, plots, etc.

Ethnicity in literature--Study and teaching.

Ethnicity in literature.

Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010.

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taking a critical, research-oriented perspective, this exploration of the theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical connections between the reading and teaching of young adult literature and adolescent identity development centers around three key questions: Who are the teens reading young adult literature? Why should teachers teach young adult literature? Why are teens reading young adult literature? All chapters work simultaneously on two levels: each provides both a critical resource ab

Contents:

Introduction: identification, actualization, or education: why teach ya? / Janet Alsup

Who are the teens reading ya? African American young adult literature and Black adolescent identity: developing a sense of self and society through narrative / Joy Dangora

Depictions of Chinese Americans in young adult literature: American born Chinese and beyond / Nai-Hua Kuo

Composing themselves: the discursive (de) construction of queer identity in 6 young adult novels / James R. Gilligan

Teaching through the conflict: examining the value of culturally authentic Arabic young adult literature / Nisreen M. Kamel Anati

Culture and language: the two tongues of Mexican-American young adult literature: companion chapters: funds of knowledge and Mexican American cultural values in Ma Yal / William J. Broz

Mestizaje: forging identity through hybridity / René Saldaa, Jr.

Why should teachers teach ya? Engaging and enchanting the heart: developing moral identity through young adult fantasy literature / Aliel Cunningham

Beyond the comics page: pedagogical opportunities and challenges in teaching graphic novels / Lisa Schade Eckert

Pedagogues and demigods: captivity, pedagogy, and young adult literature in an age of diminished expectations / Jeff Spanke

Perspective giving and taking in the secondary English class: considering the case of Erin Gruwell / Jeanne Smith Muzzillo

Why are teens reading ya? The appeal of young adult literature in late adolescence: college freshmen read ya / Gail Zdilla

1 female reader reading ya: understanding Norman Holland's identity themes thirty years later / Janet Alsup.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-98150-0

1-136-98151-9

1-282-58671-8

9786612586712

0-203-85313-X

9780203853139

OCLC:

630539275