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Multicultural and ethnic children's literature in the United States
Title:
Multicultural and ethnic children's literature in the United States
Author:
Gilton, Donna L.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, [2007]

©2007
Physical Description:
vii, 236 pages ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Multicultural children's literature : an introduction -- 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 -- 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 -- First flowering : 1965-1980 -- In the desert : 1980-1985 -- A time to build : 1985- -- People important to multicultural children's literature -- 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 -- Specific ethnic initiatives and conclusions -- Pan-African -- Latino/a -- Native American -- Asian American -- Where to go from here : emerging groups and issues -- Emerging groups -- Emerging issues and conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007006391.html
ISBN:
9780810856721
Format :
Book