Stories Matter

by Fox, Dana L.; Short, Kathy G.

• ISBN13: 9780814147443
• ISBN10: 0814147445
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: Natl Council of Teachers of english

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
I. The Sociopolitical Contexts of Cultural Authenticity
1. The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children's Literature: Why the Debates Really Matter
Kathy G. Short and Dana L. Fox	3	(22)
2. Reframing the Debate about Cultural Authenticity
Rudine Sims Bishop	25	(16)
II. The Perspectives of Authors, Illustrators, and Editors on Cultural Authenticity
3. Who Can Tell My Story?
Jacqueline Woodson	41	(5)
4. "Around My Table" Is Not Always Enough
W. Nikola-Lisa	46	(4)
5. Authentic Enough: Am I? Are You? Interpreting Culture for Children's Literature
Susan Guevara	50	(11)
6. The Candle and the Mirror: One Author's Journey as an Outsider
Judi Moreillon	61	(17)
7. A Mess of Stories
Marc Aronson	78	(6)
8. To Stingo with Love: An Author's Perspective on Writing outside One's Culture
Kathryn Lasky	84	(9)
9. Multiculturalism Is Not Halloween
Thelma Seto	93	(8)
III. Political Correctness and Cultural Authenticity
10. Beyond Political Correctness
Hazel Rochman	101	(15)
11. The Complexity of Debates about Multicultural Literature and Cultural Authenticity
Violet J. Harris	116	(19)
12. "Authenticity," or the Lesson of Little Tree
Henry Louis Gates Jr.	135	(8)
13. Multicultural Literature and the Politics of Reaction
Joel Taxel	143	(24)
IV. The Perspectives of Educators on Cultural Authenticity
14. Can We Fly across Cultural Gaps on the Wings of Imagination? Ethnicity, Experience, and Cultural Authenticity
Mingshui Cai	167	(15)
15. Accuracy and Authenticity in American Indian Children's Literature: The Social Responsibility of Authors and Illustrators
Elizabeth Noll	182	(16)
16. Accuracy Is Not Enough: The Role of Cultural Values in the Authenticity of Picture Books
Weimin Mo and Wenju Shen	198	(15)
17. Artistic Triumph or Multicultural Failure? Multiple Perspectives on a "Multicultural" Award-Winning Book
Laura B. Smolkin and Joseph H. Suina	213	(18)
18. Images of West Africa in Children's Books: Replacing Old Stereotypes with New Ones?
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw	231	(16)
19. The Use of Spanish in Latino Children's Literature in English: What Makes for Cultural Authenticity?
Rosalinda B. Barrera and Ruth E. Quiroa	247	(22)
V. Connecting Cultural Authenticity to the Classroom
20. Multiple Definitions of Multicultural Literature: Is the Debate Really Just "Ivory Tower" Bickering?
Mingshui Cai	269	(15)
21. The Trivialization and Misuse of Multicultural Literature: Issues of Representation and Communication
Zhihui Fang, Danling Fu, and Linda Leonard Lamme	284	(20)
22. "I'm Not from Pakistan": Multicultural Literature and the Problem of Representation
Curt Dudley-Marling	304	(15)
Index	319	(14)
Editors	333	(2)
Contributors	335