Critical Content Analysis of Children's and Young Adult Literature: Reframing Perspective

by Holly Johnson (Editor), Janelle Mathis (Editor), Kathy G. Short (Editor)

In this book the authors describe their strategies for critically reading global and multicultural literature and the range of procedures they use for critical analyses. They also reflect on how these research strategies can inform classrooms and children as readers. Critical content analysis offers researchers a methodology for examining representations of power and position in global and multicultural children s and adolescent literature. This methodology highlights the critical as locating power in social practices by understanding, uncovering, and transforming conditions of inequity. Importantly, it also provides insights into specific global and multicultural books significant within classrooms as well as strategies that teachers can use to engage students in critical literacy. "

206 pages, Paperback

Published July 14, 2016

Reviews

[Jude · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an amazingly useful book for researchers and students of children's and young adult literature. It fills a noticeable gap in how we read literature critically and what methodologies can be used. I found it extremely useful - especially the many concrete examples incorporated into the different chapters. As in all editions of essays some are better than others. I particularly liked the one by Melissa B. Wilson on the construction of adolescent sexuality in YA novels, and the first two essays on critical content analysis and the critical reading of children's texts.

[Hannah]

This is like 75% good, with a few chapters that are not worthwhile or well written. The ones on Skippyjon Jones, social action, sexuality, and counter-story are the most interesting, while the other ones are nothing special but nothing bad, except for the ones that are bad.