Stories Matter

, by Fox, Dana L.; Short, Kathy G.

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ISBN: 9780814147443 | 0814147445
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/2003

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Acknowledgments

I. The Sociopolitical Contexts of Cultural Authenticity

1. The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children's Literature: Why the Debates Really Matter

Kathy G. Short and Dana L. Fox

(22)

2. Reframing the Debate about Cultural Authenticity

Rudine Sims Bishop

(16)

II. The Perspectives of Authors, Illustrators, and Editors on Cultural Authenticity

3. Who Can Tell My Story?

Jacqueline Woodson

(5)

4. "Around My Table" Is Not Always Enough

W. Nikola-Lisa

(4)

5. Authentic Enough: Am I? Are You? Interpreting Culture for Children's Literature

Susan Guevara

(11)

6. The Candle and the Mirror: One Author's Journey as an Outsider

Judi Moreillon

(17)

7. A Mess of Stories

Marc Aronson

(6)

8. To Stingo with Love: An Author's Perspective on Writing outside One's Culture

Kathryn Lasky

(9)

9. Multiculturalism Is Not Halloween

Thelma Seto

(8)

III. Political Correctness and Cultural Authenticity

10. Beyond Political Correctness

Hazel Rochman

101

(15)

11. The Complexity of Debates about Multicultural Literature and Cultural Authenticity

Violet J. Harris

116

(19)

12. "Authenticity," or the Lesson of Little Tree

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

135

(8)

13. Multicultural Literature and the Politics of Reaction

Joel Taxel

143

(24)

IV. The Perspectives of Educators on Cultural Authenticity

14. Can We Fly across Cultural Gaps on the Wings of Imagination? Ethnicity, Experience, and Cultural Authenticity

Mingshui Cai

167

(15)

15. Accuracy and Authenticity in American Indian Children's Literature: The Social Responsibility of Authors and Illustrators

Elizabeth Noll

182

(16)

16. Accuracy Is Not Enough: The Role of Cultural Values in the Authenticity of Picture Books

Weimin Mo and Wenju Shen

198

(15)

17. Artistic Triumph or Multicultural Failure? Multiple Perspectives on a "Multicultural" Award-Winning Book

Laura B. Smolkin and Joseph H. Suina

213

(18)

18. Images of West Africa in Children's Books: Replacing Old Stereotypes with New Ones?

Vivian Yenika-Agbaw

231

(16)

19. The Use of Spanish in Latino Children's Literature in English: What Makes for Cultural Authenticity?

Rosalinda B. Barrera and Ruth E. Quiroa

247

(22)

V. Connecting Cultural Authenticity to the Classroom

20. Multiple Definitions of Multicultural Literature: Is the Debate Really Just "Ivory Tower" Bickering?

Mingshui Cai

269

(15)

21. The Trivialization and Misuse of Multicultural Literature: Issues of Representation and Communication

Zhihui Fang, Danling Fu, and Linda Leonard Lamme

284

(20)

22. "I'm Not from Pakistan": Multicultural Literature and the Problem of Representation

Curt Dudley-Marling

304

(15)

Index

319

(14)

Editors

333

(2)

Contributors

335

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