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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819540903321

Titolo

The Américas Award : honoring Latin@ children's and young adult literature of the Americas / / edited by Laretta Henderson ; contributors Candance M. Doerr-Stevens [and thirteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-0161-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Collana

Children and Youth in Popular Culture

Disciplina

810.9/868

Soggetti

Literary prizes - United States

Hispanic American children - Education

Children's literature, Latin American - Awards

Children - Books and reading - Awards

Latin Americans in literature

Caribbean Area In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. The Américas Award: Latin@ Youth Literature for the K-12 Classroom; Chapter 2. Why Does Latin@ Youth Literature Matter? How Children Learn about Race; Chapter 3. Filling the Gap: The Looking Glass Legacy of Julie Kline and the Américas Book Award; Chapter 4. Educating for Global Competence through the Américas Award; Chapter 5. The Américas Award, Cultural Competence, and the Politics of Publishing; Chapter 6. Book Awards, Cultural Authenticity and Contextualization

Chapter 7. The Américas Award Books in Early Childhood Education: Reconceptualizing the Conversation about Diversity with Pre-service TeachersChapter 8. Cultural and Social Justice Issues in the Américas Award-Winning Poetry Anthologies; Chapter 9. Borders, Home, Spirituality, and Language: Sociopolitical Themes in Latin@ Children's Literature, 1990-2015; Chapter 10. Glimpses of the Caribbean: Jamaicans in the Américas Award Winning Books; Chapter 11. The Américas Award on Screen Promoting Critical Engagement with



Literature via Multimodal Composition

Chapter 12. The Américas Award on Stage: A Call for More Latin@ TheaterChapter 13. Translation and Transformation: The Status of Américas Award Books' Translation in East Asia; Chapter 14. Public Library Service to Latin@ Communities; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This edited volume performs a critical analysis of the Américas Award, issues related to the content of the award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. It includes chapters by key scholars in the areas of youth literature in English, English Education, Library and Information Science, and Ethnic Studies.