Preface Issues Related to the Concept of Multicultural Literature Defining Multicultural Literature Classifying Multicultural Literature Issues Related to the Creation and Critique of Multicultural Literature Imagination, Ethnicity, and Cultural Authenticity Reader Response Theory and the Author Role in Multicultural Literature Stereotyping and the Politics of Representation Culturally Correct and the Evaluation of Multicultural Literature Issues Related to the Use of Multicultural Literature in Education Crossing Cultural Borders From Informing to Empowering Investigating Reader Responses to Multicultural Literature Appendix: Web Sites Related to Multicultural Literature Index
Discusses theoretical, critical, and pedagogical issues related to the definition of multicultural children's literature and its place in the curriculum.
MINGSHUI CAI is Associate Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Northern Iowa. He is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Children's Literature and has also served on the editorial board of Language Arts. His articles have appeared in The New Advocate, Bookbird, Children's Literature in Education, and other journals.
"Mingshui Cai offers a clear path through the minefield of
controversies and dilemmas that plague discussions of multicultural
literature for children and young adults. This timely and important
book speaks to both advocates and opponents of multicultural
children's literature with well-reasoned arguments and sensible
suggestions. It is a must read for all those who care about
children's literature and its role in helping to inform and empower
intelligent citizens of a multicultural, democratic
society."-Rudine Sims Bishop The Ohio State University
?[A]n intelligent, lucid, and thoughtful study ... perhaps the most
thorough account of the conflicts surrounding multicultural
literature to date, and it provides helpful suggestions on how
multicultural literature can be used and explored in standard
curriculums of elementary and high schools.?-The Journal of
Children's Literature Studies
?[A]ny school or curriculum serious about its importance will find
Multicultural Literature For Children & Young Adults to be an
essential reference. This examines the foundations of issues
related to such literature, critiquing multicultural literature
both individually and as a whole, and analyzing the role of authors
and readers in contributing experience....[A] critical assessment
of the field as a whole which provides many important imsights to
parents and teachers alike.?-Library Bookwatch
?This volume is helpful in clarifying conflicts, discussing both
good and bad examples of multicultural books, suggesting directions
for further study, and providing lists of print sources and Web
sites for additional information....Recommended. Readers at all
levels.?-Choice
"ÝA¨ny school or curriculum serious about its importance will find
Multicultural Literature For Children & Young Adults to be an
essential reference. This examines the foundations of issues
related to such literature, critiquing multicultural literature
both individually and as a whole, and analyzing the role of authors
and readers in contributing experience....ÝA¨ critical assessment
of the field as a whole which provides many important imsights to
parents and teachers alike."-Library Bookwatch
"ÝA¨n intelligent, lucid, and thoughtful study ... perhaps the most
thorough account of the conflicts surrounding multicultural
literature to date, and it provides helpful suggestions on how
multicultural literature can be used and explored in standard
curriculums of elementary and high schools."-The Journal of
Children's Literature Studies
"[A]n intelligent, lucid, and thoughtful study ... perhaps the most
thorough account of the conflicts surrounding multicultural
literature to date, and it provides helpful suggestions on how
multicultural literature can be used and explored in standard
curriculums of elementary and high schools."-The Journal of
Children's Literature Studies
"This volume is helpful in clarifying conflicts, discussing both
good and bad examples of multicultural books, suggesting directions
for further study, and providing lists of print sources and Web
sites for additional information....Recommended. Readers at all
levels."-Choice
"[A]ny school or curriculum serious about its importance will find
Multicultural Literature For Children & Young Adults to be an
essential reference. This examines the foundations of issues
related to such literature, critiquing multicultural literature
both individually and as a whole, and analyzing the role of authors
and readers in contributing experience....[A] critical assessment
of the field as a whole which provides many important imsights to
parents and teachers alike."-Library Bookwatch
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