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critical multicultural analysis of childrens literature mirrors windows and doors
p children s literature is a contested terrain as is multicultural education . taken together they pose a formidable challenge to both classroom teachers and academics . rather than deny the inherent conflicts and tensions in the field in critical multicultural analysis of children s literature mirrors windows and doors maria jose botelho and masha kabakow rudman confront deconstruct and reconstruct these terrains by proposing a reframing of the field . surely all of us children teachers and academics can benefit from this more expansive understanding of what it means to read books . sonia nieto from the foreword p critical multicultural analysis provides a philosophical shift for teaching literature constructing curriculum and taking up issues of diversity and social justice . it problematizes children s literature offers a way of reading power explores the complex web of sociopolitical relations and deconstructs taken for granted assumptions about language meaning reading and literature it is literary study as sociopolitical change . p bringing a critical lens to the study of multiculturalism in children s literature this book prepares teachers teacher educators and researchers of children s literature to analyze the ideological dimensions of reading and studying literature . each chapter includes recommendations for classroom application classroom research and further reading . helpful end of book appendixes include a list of children s book awards lists of publishers diagrams of the power continuum and the theoretical framework of critical multicultural analysis and lists of selected children s literature journals and online resources .