Multiracial Identity in Children's Literature

ISBN-13: 9780367196073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 154 str.

Amina Chaudhri

Opis

Racially mixed children make up the fastest growing youth demographic in the US, and teachers of diverse populations need to be mindful in selecting literature that their students can identify with. This volume examines representative children’s literature to demonstrate the role they play as cultural artifacts that perpetuate, resist and negotiate racial stereotypes. Performing a content analysis of 90 books with mixed race characters, it places them within a historical context and critically analyzes what contemporary children’s fiction is saying about the experiences of multiracial students.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Multiracial Identity in the United States: Historical and Current Discourse 3. Multiracial Picturebooks 4. In/Visibility: The Legacy of Pathology in Contemporary Fiction 5. Multiracial Blending: The Post-Racial Myth in Contemporary Fiction 6. Multiracial Awareness: Power and Visibility In Contemporary Fiction 7. Voices of the Past: Multiracial Identity in Historical Fiction 8. Hidden Identities: Whiteness and Passing 9. Teaching and Learning with Multiracial Fiction Appendices

O autorze

Amina Chaudhri is Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Northeastern Illinois University, USA.