Voices of Resistance: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chican@ Children’s Literature eBook

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The banning of Mexican-American Studies and censorship of Chican@-authored books in Arizona were part of a succession of anti-Mexican and anti-Chican@ policies that were enacted across the state and in the education system. The counterstories offered through these classes and literature not only created a sense of cultural inclusion, but ignited a political and activist consciousness among the mostly Chican@ youth, and reinvigorated conversations among educators about the teaching of race, ethnicity, and culture in the classroom, particularly through youth literature. While most work on youth literature has emphasized “multicultural” literature as a means of being inclusive, Voices of Resistance: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chican@ Children’s Literature recognizes that our present moment–one that is rife with continued anti-Mexican sentiment but that has given rise to our first Chicano National Poet Laureate–demands a more focused study of children’s and young adult literature by and about Chican@s. This collection re-examines how we view multicultural and diversity literature and recognize literature that invites social transformation. Using multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives to critically examine a wide range of Chican@ children’s pictures book and young adult novels, this collection reaffirms Chicano@ children’s literature as a means to achieve equity and social change.

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9781475834048

Voices of Resistance: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chican@ Children’s Literature is written by Laura Alamillo and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Voices of Resistance are 9781475834055, 1475834055 and the print ISBNs are 9781475834031, 1475834039. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781475834048.