"Biographies of Women in the Robert Sibert Award: A Critical Content Analysis" by Sunah Chung

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Biographies of Women in the Robert Sibert Award: A Critical Content Analysis

Journal of Children's Literature (2021)

Sunah Chung
Amina Chaudhri, Northeastern Illinois University

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Abstract

We identify trends that suggest the need for more diversity in terms of recognition of types of accomplishment and historical context, as well as explicit messages about how women negotiated sexism and racism in pursuit of their accomplishments.

Keywords

children's literature,
multicultural literature,
biographies,
Robert Sibert Award,
education,
teacher preparation,
literary analysis,
critical content analysis.

Disciplines

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education,
Curriculum and Instruction and
Teacher Education and Professional Development

Publication Date

Spring 2021

Citation Information

Sunah Chung and Amina Chaudhri. "Biographies of Women in the Robert Sibert Award: A Critical Content Analysis" Journal of Children's Literature Vol. 47 Iss. 1 (2021) p. 62 - 72
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/amina-chaudhri/5/