Where Are the People of Color?: Representation of Cultural Diversity in the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and Advocating for Diverse Books in a Non-Post Racial Society

Where Are the People of Color?: Representation of Cultural Diversity in the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and Advocating for Diverse Books in a Non-Post Racial Society

Guided by the research question "How are the diverse issues of race/ethnicity represented in the NBA?," this descriptive content analysis examines the representations of author gender, author race/ethnicity, protagonist race/ethnicity, protagonist socioeconomic status, and genre of the 100...

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Published in:Taboo (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2017-09, Vol.16 (1), p.39
Main Authors: Bickmore, Steven T., Xu, Yunying, Sheridan, Myra
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Awards
Awards & honors
Childrens Literature
Computer Assisted Instruction
Content analysis
Cultural differences
Instructional Materials
Literary genres
Literature
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Obama, Barack
Preservice Teachers
Society
Socioeconomic status
Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:Guided by the research question "How are the diverse issues of race/ethnicity represented in the NBA?," this descriptive content analysis examines the representations of author gender, author race/ethnicity, protagonist race/ethnicity, protagonist socioeconomic status, and genre of the 100 National Book Award finalists and 20 winners from 1996 to 2015. The dataset indicated that there are problematic representations of race/ethnicity, and the National Book award is not as diverse as we have expected. Of the 23 culturally relevant texts in the National Book Award, only 5 are winners. The results of this study show that using only award lists to guide teachers' book selections is problematic.
ISSN:2164-7399
1080-5400
2164-7399