Facing uncertain futures : the transformative possibilities of Latinx youth literatures /

"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 fille...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rhodes, Cristina (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2026]
Series:	Children's Literature Association series.
Subjects:	American literature > Hispanic American authors > History and criticism. Children's literature, American > History and criticism. Young adult literature, American > History and criticism. Hispanic Americans in literature. Latin Americans in literature. Littérature de jeunesse américaine > Histoire et critique. Littérature pour jeunes adultes américaine > Histoire et critique. Américains d'origine latino-américaine dans la littérature. Latino-Américains dans la littérature.

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.