Critical Content Analysis of Children’s and Young Adult Literature

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Critical Content ◽  
Critical Content Analysis

scholarly journals Contemplating and Extending the Scholarship on Children’s and Young Adult Literature

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-30
Author(s):  
Wanda Brooks ◽  
Desiree Cueto
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
African Diaspora ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Postcolonial Theory ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Black Girls ◽  
The Past ◽  
Critical Content ◽  
Literacy Research

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Literacy Research, this article reviews the trajectory of a particular line of scholarship published in this journal over the past five decades. We focus on African diaspora youth literature to contemplate and extend the ways in which literacy researchers carry out textual analysis research of diverse children’s and young adult literature. We situate this line of scholarship (and its trajectory) within the broader literacy field and then narrow to a focus on diverse books. Next, to turn our gaze as literacy researchers forward to the future, we present our own critical content analysis of a young adult text collection. Our analysis incorporates postcolonial theory and a youth lens to interrogate how underlying ideologies identified within the novels support, refute, or reconstruct dominant beliefs about Black girls. We end with a set of implications for researchers interested in theorizing about or further investigating diverse children’s or young adult literature.

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. 

Stalking State Statutes: A Critical Content Analysis and Reflection on Social Science Research

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Caralin Branscum ◽  
Seth Wyatt Fallik ◽  
Krystal Garcia ◽  
Breanna Eason ◽  
Kayla Gursahaney
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Critical Content ◽  
State Statutes ◽  
Critical Content Analysis

scholarly journals Young, Gifted, Black . . . and Country:

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-62
Author(s):  
Jennifer Gallagher ◽  
Melissa Wrenn
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Funds Of Knowledge ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
Community Cultural Wealth ◽  
Rural Setting ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Cultural Wealth ◽  
Critical Content ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
Critical Content Analysis

This article shares findings from a critical content analysis of five contemporary nonfiction children’s books. Each book centers on a gifted Black historical figure who spent at least part of their childhood in a rural setting. The analysis, using a funds-of-knowledge and community-cultural-wealth approach, revealed the situated nature of the child’s giftedness, including intersectional oppression they faced, various ways they enacted giftedness within their rural setting, and a reciprocal relationship with their community. In each book, the youth’s giftedness was supported by the community but also positively impacted the community.

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