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Tactics of hope in Latinx children's and young adult literature /

This important study affirms that Latinx children and young adults are uniquely positioned to change the world. Using Gloria AnzalduÌ?a’s theories of conocimiento as a critical lens, the authors examine several literary works including Side by Side / Lado a lado, They Call Me Güero, Land of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Montaño, Jesus (Author), Postma-Montaño, Regan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2022].
Subjects:
Children's literature > History and criticism.
Latin American literature > History and criticism.
Young adult literature > History and criticism.
Latin Americans in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Reading for conocimiento mirrors in farmworker kid lit: roots of transformation and activism
  • Border kids in the land of Nepantla
  • The cultural wealth of diasporic youth
  • Kids' agency and empowerment in an era of family deportation
  • The role of the border artista.