| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Children's Literature Association series
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Children's Literature Association series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Weirding Out Latinx America / Trevor Boffone and Cristina Herrera -- Section 1. Artists and Punks: Chicana Teens, Zines, and Poetry Scenes : Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero / Amanda Ellis -- Praxis of Refusal : Self-Fashioning Identity and Throwing Attitude in Pérez's The First Rule of Punk / Lettycia Terrones -- Broken Open : Writing, Healing, and Affirmation in Isabel Quintero's Gabi, A Girl in Pieces and Erika L. Sánchez's I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter / Adrianna M. Santos -- Section 2. Superheroes and Other Worldly Beings: Bite Me : The Allure of Vampires and Dark Magic in Chicana Young Adult Literature / Christi Cook -- Afuerxs and Cultural Practice in Shadowshaper and Labyrinth Lost / Domino Pérez -- The Art of Afro-Latina Consciousness in Shadowshaper / Ella Diaz -- Section 3. LatiNerds and Bookworms: The Smartest Girl in the World : Normalizing Intellectualism through Representations of Smart Latinx Youth on Stage / Roxanne Schroeder-Arce -- "These Latin Girls Mean Business ": Expanding the Boundaries of Latina Youth Identity in Meg Medina's YA Novel, Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass / Cristina Herrera -- Tomás Rivera : The Original Latinx Outsider -- Section 4. Non-Cholos in the Hood: Young, Gay, and Latino : "Feeling Brown" in Emilio Rodriguez's Swimming While Drowning / Trevor Boffone -- What Can We Learn from Cool Cats? : Chillante Pedagogy, Gary Soto, and the Chato Series / Elena Avilés -- The Coming-of-Age Experience in Chicanx Queer Novels What Night Brings and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe / Carolina Alonso |
| Summary |
A much-needed intervention into the critical study of Chicanx and Latinx young adult literature. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
| Subject |
Outsiders in literature.
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American fiction -- Mexican American authors -- History and criticism.
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Young adult fiction, American -- History and criticism.
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American fiction -- Hispanic American authors -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Children's Literature. |
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Young adult fiction, American. |
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American fiction -- Hispanic American authors. |
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American fiction -- Mexican American authors. |
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Outsiders in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Boffone, Trevor.
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Herrera, Cristina, 1978-
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McCall, Guadalupe Garcia.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1496827465 9781496827463 (OCoLC)1124966435 |
| ISBN |
9781496827500 (electronic book) |
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1496827503 (electronic book) |
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9781496827487 (electronic book) |
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1496827481 (electronic book) |
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1496827465 |
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9781496827463 |
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9781496827456 |
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1496827457 |
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