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

• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y., : Routledge, 2010; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Disciplina: 809/.892830712
• Soggetto topico: Young adult literature - Study and teaching; Young adult literature; Ethnicity in literature - Study and teaching; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Characters and characteristics in literature
• Altri autori: AlsupJanet
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Young adult literature and adolescent identity across cultures and classrooms
• ISBN: 1-136-98150-0; 1-136-98151-9; 1-282-58671-8; 9786612586712; 0-203-85313-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808205803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II