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Author Baxley, Traci P., author

Title (In)visible presence : feminist counter-narratives of young adult literature by women of color / Traci P. Baxley and Genyne Henry Boston
Published Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 142 pages)
Series Transgressions, Cultural Studies and Education, 2214-9732 ; 102
Transgressions (Rotterdam, Netherlands) ; 102. 2214-9732
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; I:INVISIBILITY; CHAPTER 1: SETTING THE STAGE OF SILENCE:Introduction; BOOK OVERVIEW; MEMOIRS OF TRAILBLAZERS; TEACHABLE MOMENTS; IN THE CLASSROOM; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2: VOICELESSNESS:Theorizing the Silence; CRITICAL RACE THEORY; CRITICAL LITERACY; What is the Role of YA Literature and Critical Literacy?; CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY; FINAL THOUGHTS; WORKS BY FEMINISTS OF COLOR; TEACHABLE MOMENTS; IN THE CLASSROOM; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3: FROM SILENCED TO VOICE:(Re)Naming and (Re)Claiming; CURRENT WAYS OF MAKING INVISIBLE; African American Youth; Latina/o Youth
Native American YouthAsian American Youth; FROM SILENCED TO MAKING WAVES; First Wave: Women's Suffrage; Second Wave: Multicultural; Third Wave: All Inclusive; DEFINING WOMEN OF COLOR; WHAT IS IN A NAME?; CONTEMPORARY WOMEN OF COLOR AUTHORS; AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS; Jacquelyn Woodson; Sharon Flake; Toni Morrison; Virginia Hamilton; Rita Williams Garcia; AMERICAN INDIAN AUTHORS; Louise Erdrich; Leslie Marmon Silko; Cynthia Leitich Smith; ASIAN AMERICAN AUTORS; Maxine Hong Kingston; Lensey Namioka; An Na; Janice Mirikitani; LATINA/CHICANA AUTHORS; Sandra Cisneros; Judith Ortiz Cofer
Guadalupe Garcia McCallSandra Maria Esteves; Pam Muñoz Ryan; FINAL THOUGHTS; RECOMMENDED FEMALE AUTHORS OF COLOR; African American Authors; Native American Authors; Asian American Authors; Latina Authors; TEACHABLE MOMENT; IN THE CLASSROOM; REFERENCES; II: MOTHERING FROM WOMEN OFCOLOR'S PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER 4: ALWAYS CARRYING THE LOAD:The Presence of African American Motherhood in Young Adult Literature; (DYS)FUNCTIONAL FAMILY SYSTEM; OUR CHILDREN, OUR VOICES: BLACK MOTHERING COUNTER-NARRATIVE; Othermothering; Mother-Daughter Dynamic/Relationship
Community Othermothers and Political ActivistFINAL THOUGHT; RECOMMENDED READINGS; TEACHABLE MOMENT; IN THE CLASSROOM; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER:Exploring Motherhood, Guardianship, and Empowermentin Latina Young Adult Literature; Family as Community; Womanhood and Guardianship; Parts vs the Whole, The Internal Struggle; The Power of Culture and (Folk)Lore; FINAL THOUGHTS; RECOMMENDED READINGS; TEACHABLE MOMENT; IN THE CLASSROOM; REFERENCES; III:IMMIGRATION/NATIONHOOD/MIGRANT EXPERIENCE
CHAPTER 6: BLENDING NARRATIVES, BLENDING LIVES:Immigration, Desti[Nation], and Identity in Latina Young Adult LiteratureThe Migration Story and Young Adult Literature; Americanization and Young Adult Literature; The New vs. The Old; FINAL THOUGHTS; RECOMMENDED READING; TEACHABLE MOMENT; IN THE CLASSROOM; NOTE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7: CENTRAL POWER, NEW FRONTIER:Female Supremacy, Imagination and Nationhood in Contemporary NativeAmerican Young Adult Literature; Preserving Community through Imagination; Looking at the Landscape; Women as Supreme Beings; Changing the Landscape; FINAL THOUGHTS
Summary Current school systems create a generation of students who experience institutional practices that honor other students' needs-those students who share the values of those with power-and have pathologized other groups, specifically women of color. (In) Visible Presence intends to contribute to existing pedagogy, which empowers students, teachers, administrators, and policy makers to develop participatory membership in schools and among citizens who can begin to create an anti-oppressive society. (In) Visible Presence contains a holistic, thematic approach to exploring young adult (YA) novels w
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Young adult literature -- Minority authors -- Study and teaching
Feminist literature -- Study and teaching
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
Education
Form Electronic book
Author Boston, Genyne Henry, author
ISBN 9789462096899
9462096899