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  title info:
    title: Facing uncertain futures
    sub title: the transformative possibilities of Latinx youth literatures
  name:
    name part: Rhodes, Cristina
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: msu
    date issued: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    form: regular print
    extent: x, 183 pages ; 22 cm.
  abstract: "Facing Uncertain Futures: The Transformative Possibilities of Latinx Youth Literatures challenges the notion that the futures of Latinx youth are predetermined. While systemic inequities persist, author Cristina Rhodes shows how children's and young adult literature envision futures filled with possibility, resistance, and renewal. In these stories, young Latinx characters don't just endure adversity-they reimagine their worlds and empower readers to do the same. Drawing on speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and the Latin American tradition of magical realism, Rhodes explores how the fantastic becomes a tool for addressing real-world issues. These narratives reveal how the ordinary and extraordinary coexist, illuminating urgent concerns about identity, equity, and transformation. By centering youth at the intersection of imagination and resistance, Facing Uncertain Futures demonstrates how Latinx youth literatures serve as powerful tools for envisioning more just and inclusive tomorrows"-- Provided by publisher.
  table of contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Past, present, and future -- the discursive potential of time travel narratives -- Chapter 2. Choosing from multiple futures -- Interactive decision-making mechanics in video games -- Chapter 3. Technologies of advancement (or decline?) -- Nonlinear futures in speculative fiction -- Chapter 4. The future foretold -- storytelling as resistance and healing -- Chapter 5. On growing up -- transformation in magical realist youth literature -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index.
  note: Cristina Rhodes.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: American literature
    topic: Hispanic American authors
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Children's literature, American
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Young adult literature, American
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Hispanic Americans in literature
  subject:
    topic: Latin Americans in literature
  subject:
    topic: Littérature de jeunesse américaine
    topic: Histoire et critique
  subject:
    topic: Littérature pour jeunes adultes américaine
    topic: Histoire et critique
  subject:
    topic: Américains d'origine latino-américaine dans la littérature
  subject:
    topic: Latino-Américains dans la littérature
  classification: PS153.H56 R475 2026
  classification: 810.9/868073
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    title info:
      title: Facing uncertain futures
    name:
      name part: Rhodes, Cristina
    origin info:
      publisher: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2026
    identifier: (DLC) 2026009892
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    title info:
      title: Children's Literature Association series
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  record info:
    record content source: MsSM/DLC
    record creation date: 260223
    record change date: 20260613143956.8
    record identifier: in00005789245
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng