| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 236 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-213) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- 1. Multicultural children's literature : an introduction -- The purpose of this work -- Terms and definitions -- How people pass on their cultures -- Why this matters -- Issues affecting ethnic groups from all continents -- Four ways to look at race relations -- 2. A history of U.S. multicultural children's literature -- Multicultural and ethnic children's literature : another rose from concrete? -- Tales in and out of school : educational histories -- Looking in the funhouse mirror : cultural stereotypes -- Pioneers, precursors, and prophets in the wilderness : ethnic children's literature before 1940 -- Some light on the subject : 1940-1965 -- The first flowering : 1965-1980 -- In the desert : 1980-1985 -- A time to build : 1985- -- People important to multicultural children's literature -- 3. General trends in the field -- Mainstream responses to multiculturalism -- More specific issues in children's literature -- Loud, proud, and currying the hot sauce : a multicultural reaction to the mainstream -- What all should do -- A room with a view : what should America look like and be? -- Characteristics of U.S. multicultural books -- Multicultural and international resources -- 4. Specific ethnic initiatives and conclusions -- Pan-African -- Latino/a -- Native American -- Asian American -- 5. Where to go from here : emerging groups and issues -- Emerging groups -- Emerging issues and conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Multicultural and Ethnic Children's Literature in the United States describes the history and characteristics of ethnic and multicultural children's literature in the U.S., as well as related materials published elsewhere. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
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| Subject |
Children of minorities -- Books and reading -- United States.
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Minority teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States.
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Multiculturalism -- United States -- History.
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Multicultural education -- United States -- History.
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Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.
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Ethnic groups in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American literature -- Minority authors.
(OCoLC)fst00807213
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Children of minorities -- Books and reading.
(OCoLC)fst00855437
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Children's literature, American. (OCoLC)fst00855882
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Ethnic groups in literature. (OCoLC)fst00915988
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Minority teenagers -- Books and reading.
(OCoLC)fst01751686
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Multicultural education. (OCoLC)fst01028816
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Multiculturalism. (OCoLC)fst01028836
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Nationale Minderheit.
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Leseverhalten.
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Kinderliteratur.
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Multikulturelle Gesellschaft.
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United States.
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Reference works. (OCoLC)fst01919963
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Reference works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gilton, Donna L. Multicultural and ethnic children's literature in the United States. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2007 9780810856721 (DLC) 2007006391 (OCoLC)85851408 |
| ISBN |
9781461669760 (electronic bk.) |
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1461669766 (electronic bk.) |
