Critical Content Analysis of Visual Images in Books for Young People

Holly Johnson is a 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.

• Research Methodology and Analytical ToolsChapter 1 Critical Content Analysis of Visual Images Kathy G. Short with the Worlds of Words CommunityChapter 2 Image Analysis Using Systemic-Functional SemioticsClare PainterVisual Images in Counter-NarrativesChapter 3 Drawing Humanity: How Picturebook Illustrations Counter AntiblacknessDesiree Cueto and Wanda BrooksChapter 4 Examining the Visual in Latinx Immigrant Journey Picturebooks Janine M. Schall, Julia López-Robertson, and Jeanne G. FainChapter 5 A Visual Analysis through the Eyes of an ApacheAngeline P. HoffmanChapter 6 Developing Agency and Socialization through Interpretive Play Janelle MathisVisual Images and Positioning Chapter 7 The Power of a Gaze: Inviting Entrée into the World of a Picturebook while Positioning a Lived RealityHolly JohnsonChapter 8 De(MIST)ifying Depression: Dark Clouds and the Construction of DisabilityDesiree Cueto, Susan Corapi, and Megan McCaffreyChapter 9 Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Comparison of Image in an App and a PicturebookDeanna DayVisual Images and IdeologiesChapter 10 Holy Molé! and the Reproduction of a Colonialist Perspective Carmen M. Martínez-Roldán, and Denise DávilaChapter 11 Postwar Images: Japanese Ideologies of National Identity in PicturebooksJunko Sakoi and Yoo Kyung SungChapter 12 Immigrant Memoirs as Reflections of Time and Place: Middle Eastern Conflict in Graphic NovelsSeemi AzizChapter 13 The De-Queering of Heather Has Two MommiesMary L. Fahrenbruck and Tabitha P. CollinsChapter 14 A Picturebook as a Cultural Artifact: The Influence of Embedded Ideologies Hee Young Kim and Kathy G. Short Final ReflectionsChapter 15 Extending a Critical Lens into Our ClassroomsKathy G. Short with the Worlds of Words Community

"This volune of collected essays is not only an insightful and varied study for scholars in the field of literature studies but also offers valuable guidelines and suggestions for educators working the literature for children." - Claudia Söffner, Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature