Tactics of Hope in Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature by Jesus Montano

University of New Mexico Press

This important study affirms that Latinx children and young adults are uniquely positioned to change the world. Using Gloria Anzald\u00FAa's theories of conocimiento as a critical lens, the authors examine several literary works including Side by Side / Lado a lado; They Call Me G\u00FCero; Land of the Cranes; Efr\u00E9n Divided; and Gabi, a Girl in Pieces. Using these texts and others, Monta\u00F1o and Postma-Monta\u00F1o demonstrate how Latinx literature for young readers reveals the oppressions that affect the everyday lives of Latinx youth in order to destabilize the racist notions that inform them. Whether it is injustices in the agricultural fields, weaponization of deportation and deportability, or forms of exclusion based on gender, ethnicity, and race, the books in this study counter by imagining and then\n\nTactics of Hope in Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal M;