Latino/a Children's and Young Adult Writers on the Art of Storytelling

Frederick Luis Aldama (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2018
University of Pittsburgh Press (Verlag)
978-0-8229-6497-1 (ISBN)

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Children's and young adult literature has become an essential medium for identity formation in contemporary Latino/a culture in the United States. This book is an original collection of more than thirty interviews led by Frederick Luis Aldama with Latino/a authors working in the genre. The conversations revolve around the conveyance of young Latino/a experience, and what that means for the authors as they overcome societal obstacles and aesthetic complexity. The authors also speak extensively about their experiences within the publishing industry and with their audiences. As such, Aldama's collection presents an open forum to contemporary Latino/a writers working in a vital literary category and sheds new light on the myriad formats, distinctive nature, and cultural impact it offers.

Frederick Luis Aldama is Arts & Humanities Distinguished Professor and University Distinguished Scholar at The Ohio State University. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of thirty books, and the editor or coeditor of seven book series. Aldama is the fou

Erscheinungsdatum	08.01.2018
Reihe/Serie	Latinx and Latin American Profiles
Verlagsort	Pittsburgh PA
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
ISBN-10	0-8229-6497-X / 082296497X
ISBN-13	978-0-8229-6497-1 / 9780822964971
Zustand	Neuware