Young adult literature and adolescent identity across cultures and classrooms contexts for the literary lives of teens - Alsup, Janet (New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2010)
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 / René 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.
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Keywords: 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