African and African American Children's and Adolescent Literature in the Classroom: A Critical Guide. Black Studies and Critical Thinking. Volume 11

• Published in: Peter Lang New York
• Main Authors: Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian, Ed, Napoli, Mary, Ed
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Peter Lang New York 2011
• Subjects: Adolescent Literature; Adolescents; African American Children; African American Culture; African American Family; African Culture; Childrens Literature; Coping; Critical Thinking; Cultural Pluralism; Disabilities; Females; Fiction; Global Approach; Grief; History; Nonfiction; Novels; Poetry; Poverty; Preadolescents; Preschool Children; Racial Discrimination; Recreational Activities; Religious Factors; Resilience (Psychology); Social Studies; Young Children

The essays in this collection discuss multicultural issues in children's and adolescent literature, focusing particularly on African and African American cultures. They challenge everyone's understanding of what, in an age of globalization, multicultural texts really are. Cumulatively, the...