The "magic" of being middle class: mothers' responses to children's picturebooks involving Korean immigrants' experiences

For the past two decades, literacy researchers have advocated that school curricula include children's literature focused on immigrants' experiences. Such advocacy is representative of a theory of culturally relevant literature that purports the necessity for readers to see themselves and...

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Published in:Multicultural education (San Francisco, Calif.) Calif.), 2016-09, Vol.24 (1), p.37
Main Authors: Kwon, Jaehee, Graff, Jennifer M
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Beginning Reading
Beliefs
Book publishing
Children
Children & youth
Childrens literature
Childrens picture books
Cultural Pluralism
Feedback (Response)
Korean Americans
Literacy
Middle Class
Migrant Children
Mothers
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Noncitizens
Parents
Parents & parenting
Reader Response
Readers
Reading Skills
Researchers
Social aspects
Social change
Social Development
Studies
Teachers
Theory
Values
Young Children
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Summary:For the past two decades, literacy researchers have advocated that school curricula include children's literature focused on immigrants' experiences. Such advocacy is representative of a theory of culturally relevant literature that purports the necessity for readers to see themselves and their experiences reflected in the literature offered to them and others. With regard to focusing research on children's literature that involves immigrant stories, some researchers have discussed the authenticity and accuracy of the portrayals of diverse cultures as well as ideological concerns. Other researchers have considered the cultural components involved in making meaning with and from texts. In this article the authors focus specifically on Korean immigrant mothers of young children and their responses to picturebooks written for younger audiences. According to the Migration Policy Institute, the number of Korean immigrants has increased significantly between 2000 and 2012, with Korean immigrants becoming the seventh largest immigrant group in the US.
ISSN:1068-3844