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Ethnic Studies and Youth Literature: A Critical Reader

Ethnic Studies and Youth Literature: A Critical Reader

Jiménez García, Marilisa
Rodríguez, Sonia Alejandra

Paperback

Series: Suny Multiethnic Literatures

Literary CriticismGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN13: 9798855802979
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jan 2 2026
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.48 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Brings together scholars and practitioners to present an ethnic studies framework for studying and teaching youth literature.

For decades, youth literature has been reckoning with its role in systemic racism and oppression. In this landmark edited volume, Marilisa Jiménez García and Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez assemble a cadre of well-known women of color scholars and practitioners to make a case for ethnic studies as a path for pursuing racial justice in the field. Ethnic studies, they argue, demands that we go beyond seeing race, ethnicity, culture, and diversity as questions of identity and difference. Instead, it shows us how marginalized positionalities create epistemologies that shape our understanding of age, craft, genre, and knowledge production. Multidisciplinary and intersectional in its approach, Ethnic Studies and Youth Literature analyzes US imperialism through the lens of youth literature and vice versa, shedding light on the roots of our current culture wars and curriculum battles.

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