Teaching Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive Young Adult Literature: Critical Perspectives and Conversations (Language, Culture, and Teaching Series)

Rodríguez, R. Joseph

ISBN 10: 1138298581 / ISBN 13: 9781138298583

Published by Routledge, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Teaching Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive Young Adult Literature: Critical Perspectives and Conversations (Language, Culture, and Teaching Series)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138298581
• ISBN 13: 9781138298583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this book, Rodríguez uses theories of critical literacy and culturally responsive teaching to argue that our schools, and our culture, need sustaining and inclusive young adult (YA) literature/s to meet the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse readers and all students. This book provides an outline for the study of literature through cultural and literary criticism, via essays that analyze selected YA literature (drama, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) in four areas: scribal identities and the self-affirmation of adolescents; gender and sexualities; schooling and education of young adult characters; and teachers’ roles and influences in characters’ coming of age. Applying critical literacy theories and a youth studies lens, this book shines a light on the need for culturally sustaining and inclusive pedagogies to read adolescent worlds. Complementing these essays are critical conversations with seven key contemporary YA literature writers, adding biographical perspectives to further expand the critical scholarship and merits of YA literature.

About the Author

R. Joseph Rodríguez is Assistant Professor of Literacy, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education in the Kremen School of Education and Human Development at California State University, Fresno, USA.