Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature: Mirrors, Windows, and Doors

by Botelho; Maria Jose

• ISBN13: 9780805837117
• ISBN10: 0805837116
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781135653743
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-26
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Bringing a critical lens to the study of multiculturalism in children's literature, this book prepares teachers, teacher educators, and researchers of children's literature to analyze the ideological dimensions of reading and studying literature.

Author Biography

Maria Jose Botelho, Ed.D., was a faculty member at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education of the University of Toronto and is currently Assistant Professor of Literacy Education in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Concentration of School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Masha Kabakow Rudman, Ed.D., is Professor of Children's Literature and Multicultural Education in the Language, Literacy, and Culture Concentration of School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xix
The Metaphors We Read By: Theoretical Foundations	p. 1
The Historical Construction of Children's Literature	p. 17
Reading Literacy Narratives	p. 37
Deconstructing Multiculturalism in Children's Literature	p. 71
Theorizing Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature	p. 101
Doors to the Diaspora: The Social Construction of Race	p. 127
Leaving Poverty Behind: The Social Construction of Class	p. 153
Genres as Social Constructions: The Intertextuality of Children's Literature	p. 191
Cinderella: The Social Construction of Gender	p. 221
Shock of Hair: The Endurance of Hair as a Cultural Theme in Children's Literature	p. 241
Teaching Critical Multicultural Analysis	p. 259
Further Dialogue	p. 277
Appendices
Children's Book Awards	p. 293
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