Theorizing a Critical Race Content Analysis for Children’s Literature about People of Color

2020 ◽  
pp. 004208592096371
Author(s):  
Lindsay Pérez Huber ◽  
Lorena Camargo Gonzalez ◽  
Daniel G. Solórzano
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Critical Content ◽  
Critical Content Analysis

Concerns from scholars about the exclusion of People of Color in children’s literature began in the early 20th century and continues today. The lack of children’s literature about People of Color is even more alarming in the contemporary moment, when Children of Color comprise a significant proportion of urban schools throughout the U.S. Only since the 1990’s have scholars begun to critically examine the portrayals of People of Color in children’s books. More recent research offers frameworks and methodologies for critical analyses of children’s books, namely a Critical Content Analysis that offers strategies for the examination of discursive power in literature for youth. This conceptual article theorizes how Critical Race Theory (CRT) in Education can be utilized with a Critical Content Analysis to provide a new framework for the examination of race, class, gender, (and other intersectionalities) in children’s books about People of Color— A Critical Race Content Analysis. We provide guiding principles of a Critical Race Content Analysis and analytical questions as tools for researchers and educators interested in conducting their own critical analyses of books about People of Color. Finally, we illustrate how this analysis is conducted with an example of a children’s book about immigration. This article makes important contributions to the literature on urban education that call for providing educators with tools to develop “racial literacies”.

A content analysis of gender representation in Malaysian children's literature

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Ramesh Nair
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
English Language ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Minor Characters ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Mental Schemas ◽  
Selection Of

Children's literature serves as a powerful medium through which children construct messages about their roles In society and gender Identity is often central to this construction. Although possessing mental schemas about gender differences is helpful when children organize their ideas of the world around them, problems occur when children are exposed to a constant barrage of uncompromising, gender-schematic sources that lead to stereotyping which in turn represses the full development of the child. This paper focuses on how gender is represented in a selection of Malaysian children's books published in the English language. Relying on the type of content analysis employed by previous feminist social science researchers, I explore this selection of Malaysian children's books for young children and highlight some areas of concern with regard to the construction of maleness and femaleness in these texts. The results reveal Imbalances at various levels Including the distribution of main, supporting and minor characters along gendered lines and the positioning of male and female characters In the visual Illustrations. The stereotyping of these characters In terms of their behavioural traits will be discussed with the aim of drawing attention to the need for us to take concerted measures to provide our children with books that will help them realize their potential to the fullest.

scholarly journals A Voice from the Middle East

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-90
Author(s):  
Nisreen Anati
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
The Arab Spring

This research paper explores the trends of presenting political and social realities in Arabic children’s literature through a content analysis of 26 award-winning Arabic children’s books published between 2011 and 2018 — after the Arab Spring. The origins of Arabic children’s books are first investigated from a number of different standpoints, and are shown to have traditional, religious, and global ties. I also explore the recent rise of interest in creating Arabic literary works for young children. I deduce that the causes of this increase are a cultural reawakening, globalization, and government support and funding. Finally, the 26 children’s books studied show links between the ethnicity of their authors, their dates of publication, and the illustrations and themes that appear in them. This provides support for the idea that Arabic political reality is often reflected in Arabic children’s literature.

scholarly journals Unpacking Refugee Flight: Critical Content Analysis of Picturebooks Featuring Refugee Protagonists

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-44
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Strekalova-Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Critical Content ◽  
Critical Content Analysis ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Power And Agency

In this paper, I analyze representations of refugee flight in children’s literature to extrapolate related assumptions about power and agency. The findings suggest that picturebooks tend to adhere to refugee flight as a bureaucratic process and refugee as an institutionally imposed standardized identity. Specifically, stories canonically mirror the legal UNHCR definition of a refugee, establishing forced-to-flee narratives, centering persecution, and corroborating well-founded fear. Collectively, stories mask what leads to persecution and distribute power to essentialized “safe” countries resettling refugees. The implications call for diversity of representation and invite teachers to critically unpack contexts of refugee flight.

scholarly journals (De)constructing Imagination

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Jewel Davis
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Speculative Fiction ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race Theory ◽  
Critical Content ◽  
Critical Content Analysis

This critical content analysis examines representations of race and ethnicity in three young adult speculative novels: Children of Blood and Bone, The Black Witch, and Carve the Mark. This study utilizes Critical Race Theory to closely analyze texts to find and critique elements of bias and highlight counter-stories. Three major themes emerged from the analysis: BIPOC characters as dark aggressors, the construction of systems of oppression in worldbuilding, and the transformation of characters encountering racism. In the discussion and implication, the author argues for supporting counter-storytelling and provides questions for analyzing representation in speculative fiction. 

scholarly journals Los enfoques de la literatura infantil relacionada con la Educación Física y el Deporte: un análisis comparativo entre Brasil y España (Approaches of children’s literature dealing with Physical Education and Sport: a comparative analysis between Brazil an

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 68-72
Author(s):  
Rafael Guimarães Botelho
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Interobserver Reliability ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Significant Incidence ◽  
Palabras Clave

El objetivo de este artículo es comparar los enfoques de los libros infantiles con temática relacionada con la Educación Física y el Deporte publicados en Brasil con los publicados en España. Para llevar a cabo la investigación, se ha utilizado el análisis de contenido. Además, se ha creado y utilizado un modelo heurístico para identificar los enfoques presentes en las obras infantiles publicadas en ambos países. Para validar el análisis, se ha empleado la fiabilidad intraobservador e interobservadores mediante la aplicación del índice kappa de Cohen. Los resultados de este análisis indican que: (a) predomina en gran medida el enfoque de los Juegos y recreación en los dos corpora de libros analizados; (b) el enfoque de los Deportes también registra una gran incidencia en las obras infantiles de los dos países; (c) el enfoque de la Historia presenta una marcada incidencia en ambos países; (d) otro enfoque significativo presente en las obras infantiles analizadas es el de la Ética; (e) el enfoque de la Salud presenta casi los mismos porcentajes tanto en un país como en otro; (f) otra de las similitudes encontradas es que ambos países no registran incidencia alguna de los enfoques de la Educación gerontológica y del Multiculturalismo; (g) el enfoque de los Estudios olímpicos presenta una importante incidencia en España, mientras que en Brasil el tema está olvidado; (h) el enfoque de la Danza en Brasil apenas tiene incidencia (solamente el 1,11%), mientras que en España presenta una importante incidencia  (un 8,33%).Palabras clave: literatura infantil, Educación Física, análisis de contenido, análisis comparativo, Brasil, España.Abstract: The aim of this paper is to compare the approaches of children’s books dealing with Physical Education and Sport published in Brazil with the ones published in Spain. To develop the investigation, a content analysis was utilized. Also, a heuristic model was created and utilized to identify the approaches present in the children’s books published in both countries. To validate the analysis, was employed the intraobserver and interobserver reliability, applying Cohen’s kappa coefficient. The results of this analysis indicate that: (a) the approach of Games and recreation presents the biggest incidence in both corpora; (b) the approach of Sports also registers a great incidence in the children’s books of both countries; (c) the approach of History presents a significant incidence in both countries; (d) another significant approach present in the children’s books analyzed is Ethics; (e) the approach of Health presents almost the same percentages in Brazil and in Spain; (f) another similarity is that in both countries there is no incidence of the approaches of Gerontologic Education and Multiculturalism; (g) the approach of Olympic Studies presents an important incidence in Spain, though in Brazil it is overlooked; (h) the approach of Dance in Brazil has almost no incidence (only 1,11%), though in Spain it is quite the opposite (incidence of 8,33%).Keywords: children’s literature, Physical Education, content analysis, comparative analysis, Brazil, Spain.

The Adult as Foe or Friend?: Childism in Guus Kuijer's Criticism and Fiction

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Joosen
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Memorial Award ◽  
Adult Reader ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Selection Of

Compared to the attention that children's literature scholars have paid to the construction of childhood in children's literature and the role of adults as authors, mediators and readers of children's books, few researchers have made a systematic study of adults as characters in children's books. This article analyses the construction of adulthood in a selection of texts by the Dutch author and Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winner Guus Kuijer and connects them with Elisabeth Young-Bruehl's recent concept of ‘childism’ – a form of prejudice targeted against children. Whereas Kuijer published a severe critique of adulthood in Het geminachte kind [The despised child] (1980), in his literary works he explores a variety of positions that adults can take towards children, with varying degrees of childist features. Such a systematic and comparative analysis of the way grown-ups are characterised in children's texts helps to shed light on a didactic potential that materialises in different adult subject positions. After all, not only literary and artistic aspects of children's literature may be aimed at the adult reader (as well as the child), but also the didactic aspect of children's books can cross over between different age groups.

scholarly journals Till ”vildingarnas” land: Barnboksförfattaren besöker förorten

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maj Asplund Carlsson ◽  
Johannes Lunneblad
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Picture Books ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Post Colonial

Title: Where “the wild things” are: An author of children’s books on a visit to the suburbsAbstract:Few studies have been carried out on children’s literature from a post-colonial perspective. In this article, we look closer at four picture books recently published in Sweden with the purpose of giving children from urban areas patterns of identification. The aim of our study is to see how the ‘suburb’ is articulated as a multi-accented sign. Three themes are elaborated in our analysis, i.e. loneliness and alienation, drug abuse and misery as well as small business occurrence. We also discuss the consequences for children in early years of an encounter with a distorted or alienated view of suburban culture.

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