The Américas Award
eBook - ePub

The Américas Award

Honoring Latino/a Children’s and Young Adult Literature of the Americas

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Américas Award

Honoring Latino/a Children’s and Young Adult Literature of the Americas

About this book

First awarded in 1993, the Américas Award is given in recognition of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The Award is unique in that selects Latino/a youth literature for classroom use and in that it focuses on the entire Western Hemisphere.

Scholars from the fields of literature, education, lbrary science, and theater engage with Latino/a Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) in this ecollection of essays about the Américas Award, the Award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. This collection offers essays on the history of the award, close readings of Award-winning and honored books situated in the classroom, and discussions of how best to use the books in the classroom, library and theater.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Chapter 1: The Américas Award
  4. Chapter 2: Why Does Latin@ Youth Literature Matter?
  5. Chapter 3: Filling the Gap
  6. Chapter 4: Educating for Global Competence through the Américas Award
  7. Chapter 5: The Américas Award, Cultural Competence, and the Politics of Publishing
  8. Chapter 6: Book Awards, Cultural Authenticity and Contextualization
  9. Chapter 7: The Américas Award Books in Early Childhood Education
  10. Chapter 8: Cultural and Social Justice Issues in the Américas Award–Winning Poetry Anthologies
  11. Chapter 9: Borders, Home, Spirituality, and Language
  12. Chapter 10: Glimpses of the Caribbean:
  13. Chapter 11: The Américas Award on Screen
  14. Chapter 12: The Américas Award on Stage
  15. Chapter 13: Translation and Transformation
  16. Chapter 14: Public Library Service to Latin@ Communities
  17. About the Contributors