High school students' competing social worlds : negotiating identities and allegiances in response to multicultural literature / Richard W. Beach, Amanda Haertling Thein, Daryl Parks.

Author/creator Beach, Richard
Other author Thein, Amanda Haertling.
Other author Parks, Daryl.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ©2008.
Descriptionxiii, 335 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Multicultural education--United States.
High school students--United States. --Social conditions.
Group identity--United States.
Multiculturalism in literature--Study and teaching (Secondary). --United States.

Contents Constructing mediated identities across different social worlds -- The social worlds constituting students' identities -- Fostering student awareness of the influence of social worlds on characters and readers -- Critiquing social worlds through grappling with dialogic tensions -- Parks's methods for teaching multicultural literature -- Identity construction congruent with the school world : Corey and Michelle -- Identity construction challenging the school world : Devin and Kayla -- Identity construction and racial positioning : Kathy and Mai -- Dialogic tensions in classroom discussions of Love medicine, Kindred, and Bastard out of Carolina -- Summary and implications for teaching multicultural literature -- Appendix. Methods/analysis/coding.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-298) and index.
LCCN 2007016050
ISBN9780805858556 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0805858555 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780805858549 (hbk.)
ISBN0805858547 (hbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LC1099.3 .B42 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold