Critical Content Analysis of Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Holly Johnson is an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati, USA.Janelle Mathis is a professor at the University of North Texas, USA.Kathy G. Short is a professor at the University of Arizona, USA.

• ContentsPrefaceChapter 1 Critical Content Analysis as a Research Methodology Kathy G. ShortChapter 2 The Critical Reading of Children’s Texts: Theories, Methodologies, and Critiques Clare BradfordChapter 3 Examining Displaced Youth and Immigrant Status through Critical Multicultural Analysis Holly Johnson & Becca GasiewiczChapter 4 Using Intertextuality to Unpack Representations of Immigration in Children’s Literature Yoo Kyung Sung, Mary L. Fahrenbruck, and Julia Lopez-RobertsonChapter 5 When Entertainment Trumps Social Concerns: The Commodification of Mexican Culture and Language in Skippyjon Jones. Carmen M. Martínez-RoldánChapter 6 "Having Something of Their Own": Passing on a Counter-Story about Family Bonds, Racism and Land Ownership Wanda BrooksChapter 7 Representations of Same Sex Marriage in Children's Picture Storybooks Janine SchallChapter 8 Re-Imagining an Alternative Life after the Darfur War: Writing as Emancipatory Practice.Vivian Yenika-AgbawChapter 9 The Significance of the Arts in Understanding Social, Historical and Cultural Events Janelle MathisChapter 10 The Right to Participate: Children as Activists in Picture Books Kathy G. ShortChapter 11 Blurred Lines: The Construction of Adolescent Sexuality in Young Adult Novels Melissa B. WilsonChapter 12 A Poststructural Discourse Analysis of Novel Set in Haiti. Deborah DimmettChapter 13 Connecting Critical Content Analysis to Critical Reading in ClassroomsHolly Johnson, Janelle Mathis, and Kathy G. ShortAbout the Authors