Teaching Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive Young Adult Literature: Critical Perspectives and Conversations

Teaching Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive Young Adult Literature: Critical Perspectives and Conversations
ISBN-10
1351580450
ISBN-13
9781351580458
Category
Education
Pages
244
Language
English
Published
2018-07-11
Publisher
Routledge
Author
R. Joseph Rodríguez

Description

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.

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