Young Adult Literature and Adolescent Identity Across Cultures and Classrooms : Contexts for the Literary Lives of Teens.

Young Adult Literature and Adolescent Identity Across Cultures and Classrooms : Contexts for the Literary Lives of Teens.

Taking a critical, research-oriented perspective, this book explores the theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical connections between reading and teaching young adult literature in middle and secondary classrooms and adolescent identity development.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alsup, Janet
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Subjects:
Young adult literature > Study and teaching.
Young adult literature > Stories, plots, etc.
Ethnicity in literature > Study and teaching.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature.
Characters and characteristics in literature
Ethnicity in literature > Study and teaching
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature
Young adult literature
Young adult literature > Study and teaching
Stories, plots, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction: Identification, Actualization, or Education: Why Read YAL?; Part I: Who Are the Teens Reading YAL?; Chapter 2 African American Young Adult Literature and Black Adolescent Identity: Developing a Sense of Self and Society through Narrative; Chapter 3 Depictions of Chinese Americans in Young Adult Literature: American Born Chinese and Beyond; Chapter 4 Composing Themselves: The Discursive (De)Construction of Queer Identity in Six Young Adult Novels.
  • Chapter 5 Teaching through the Conflict: Examining the Value of Culturally Authentic Arabic Young Adult LiteratureCulture and Language: The Two Tongues of Mexican American Young Adult Literature; Chapter 6 Funds of Knowledge and Mexican American Cultural Values in MA YAL; Chapter 7 Mestizaje: Forging Identity through Hybridity; Part II: Why Should Teachers Teach YAL?; Chapter 8 Engaging and Enchanting the Heart: Developing Moral Identity through Young Adult Fantasy Literature; Chapter.

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