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14 paź 2023 · Multiculturalism in literature has emerged as a vibrant and integral component of contemporary literary discourse. This article delves deep into the multifaceted concept of multiculturalism...
While Hirsch’s ‘cultural literacy’ measures Eurocentric and andro-centric accounts of the cultural and historical knowledge “every American child should know,” it was subsequently re-appropriated into the celebratory and historically inflected ‘multi-cultural literacy’ (Simonson & Walker, 1988).
Why “Multicultural Literacy”? While E. D. Hirsch first coined the term “cultural literacy” in his book of the same name (1988) as a regressive, Eurocentric and andro-centric canon of the cultural and historical knowledge “every American child should know,” it was subsequently re-
Multicultural texts are essential classroom tools because they create opportunities for all students to feel visible, included, and valued. In this summary paper, the authors begin with an overview of why multicultural literature and multiple identities have a place inside elementary and se condary classrooms.
Simply put, multicultural children’s literature is literature that is not of the mainstream in the United States. Rather, it is about groups who have been previously underrepresented and often marginalized by society as a whole, especially in depic-tions in children’s literature in the United States.
Marianne Grasso discusses the importance of multicultural literature in the school library fiction collection, providing examples of books and digital content that promote multicultural perspectives and encourage global awareness.
29 sie 2024 · Multicultural literature should embrace all literature–the Greek epic, The Iliad, as well as Sundiata, the great epic from ancient Mali. At the elementary level, multicultural literature includes both Cinderella and Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters .
