IUKL Library
Young adult literature and adolescent identity across cultures and classrooms contexts for the literary lives of teens / [electronic resource] : edited by Janet Alsup. - New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010. - ix, 225 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: identification, actualization, or education: why teach ya? / Janet Alsup -- Who are the teens reading ya? African American young adult literature and Black adolescent identity: developing a sense of self and society through narrative / Joy Dangora -- Depictions of Chinese Americans in young adult literature: American born Chinese and beyond / Nai-Hua Kuo -- Composing themselves: the discursive (de) construction of queer identity in 6 young adult novels / James R. Gilligan -- Teaching through the conflict: examining the value of culturally authentic Arabic young adult literature / Nisreen M. Kamel Anati -- Culture and language: the two tongues of Mexican-American young adult literature: companion chapters: funds of knowledge and Mexican American cultural values in Ma Yal / William J. Broz -- Mestizaje: forging identity through hybridity / Ren�e Saldaa, Jr. -- Why should teachers teach ya? Engaging and enchanting the heart: developing moral identity through young adult fantasy literature / Aliel Cunningham -- Beyond the comics page: pedagogical opportunities and challenges in teaching graphic novels / Lisa Schade Eckert -- Pedagogues and demigods: captivity, pedagogy, and young adult literature in an age of diminished expectations / Jeff Spanke -- Perspective giving and taking in the secondary English class: considering the case of Erin Gruwell / Jeanne Smith Muzzillo -- Why are teens reading ya? The appeal of young adult literature in late adolescence: college freshmen read ya / Gail Zdilla -- 1 female reader reading ya: understanding Norman Holland's identity themes thirty years later / Janet Alsup.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






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.


Electronic books.

PN1008.8 / .Y68 2010

809/.892830712
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