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The Américas Award
Honoring Latino/a Children’s and Young Adult Literature of the Americas
The Américas Award
Honoring Latino/a Children’s and Young Adult Literature of the Americas
Description
First awarded in 1993, the Américas Award is given in recognition of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The Award is unique in that selects Latino/a youth literature for classroom use and in that it focuses on the entire Western Hemisphere.
Scholars from the fields of literature, education, lbrary science, and theater engage with Latino/a Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) in this ecollection of essays about the Américas Award, the Award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. This collection offers essays on the history of the award, close readings of Award-winning and honored books situated in the classroom, and discussions of how best to use the books in the classroom, library and theater.
Table of Contents
Laretta Henderson
Chapter 2: Why does Latino/a Youth Literature Matter? How Children and Young Adults Learn about Race
Erin Winkler
Chapter 3: Envisioning Tomorrow: The Musings of Julie Kline on the History and Future of the Américas Award
Ruth Quiroa
Chapter 4: Educating for Global Competence through the Américas Award
Denise Woltering Vargas
Chapter 5: The Américas Award, Cultural Competence, and the Politics of Publishing
Jamie Naidoo
Chapter 6: Book Awards, Social Responsibility and Cultural Contextualization
Laretta Henderson
Chapter 7: The Américas Award Books in Early Childhood Education: Reconceptualizing the Conversation about Diversity with Pre-service Teachers
Leanne Evans
Chapter 8: Cultural and Social Justice Issues in the Américas Award Winning Poetry Anthologies
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw
Chapter 9: Borders, Home, Spirituality, and Language: Sociopolitical Themes in Latino/a Children's Literature 1990-2015
Patricia Enciso and Carmen L. Medina
Chapter 10: Border Crossing: Immigration in the Américas Award Winning Books
Ruth McKoy Lowery
Chapter 11: The Américas Award on Screen: Promoting Critical Engagement with Literature via Multimodal Composition
Candance M. Doerr-Stevens
Chapter 12: The Américas Award on Stage: A Call for More Latino Youth Theater
Roxanne Schroeder-Arce
Chapter 13: Translation and Transformation: The Status of Américas Award Books Translation in East Asia
Wooseob Jeong
Chapter 14: Public Library Service to Latino/a Communities
Colleen E. Marsh
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Product details
| Published | 16 Dec 2015 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 224 |
| ISBN | 9781498501613 |
| Imprint | Lexington Books |
| Illustrations | 8 tables |
| Series | Children and Youth in Popular Culture |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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