The Américas Award
Honoring Latino/a Children’s and Young Adult Literature of the Americas
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Central & South American, Children&
| Author: | Candace Doerr-Stevens, Patricia Enciso, Leanne M. Evans, Wooseob Jeong, Ruth McKoy Lowery, Colleen E. Marsh, Carmen Liliana Medina, Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ruth Quiroa, Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, Denise Woltering Vargas, Erin N. Winkler, Vivian Yenika-Agbaw | ISBN: | 9781498501613 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | December 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Candace Doerr-Stevens, Patricia Enciso, Leanne M. Evans, Wooseob Jeong, Ruth McKoy Lowery, Colleen E. Marsh, Carmen Liliana Medina, Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Ruth Quiroa, Roxanne Schroeder-Arce, Denise Woltering Vargas, Erin N. Winkler, Vivian Yenika-Agbaw |
| ISBN: | 9781498501613 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | December 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
First awarded in 1993, the Américas Award is given in recognition of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The Award is unique in that selects Latino/a youth literature for classroom use and in that it focuses on the entire Western Hemisphere.
Scholars from the fields of literature, education, lbrary science, and theater engage with Latino/a Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) in this ecollection of essays about the Américas Award, the Award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. This collection offers essays on the history of the award, close readings of Award-winning and honored books situated in the classroom, and discussions of how best to use the books in the classroom, library and theater.
First awarded in 1993, the Américas Award is given in recognition of books that authentically and engagingly portray Latino/as in Latin America, the Caribbean or the United States. By combining both and linking the Americas, the award reaches beyond geographic borders, as well as multicultural-international boundaries, focusing instead upon cultural heritages within the hemisphere. The Award is unique in that selects Latino/a youth literature for classroom use and in that it focuses on the entire Western Hemisphere.
Scholars from the fields of literature, education, lbrary science, and theater engage with Latino/a Critical Race Theory (LatCrit) in this ecollection of essays about the Américas Award, the Award-winning and honored books, and the contexts in which the books are used. This collection offers essays on the history of the award, close readings of Award-winning and honored books situated in the classroom, and discussions of how best to use the books in the classroom, library and theater.
