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"""La escuela es para estudiar"": Representations of Chicana schooling experiences in young adult literature"

Hernandez Farias, Dalia

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Title
"""La escuela es para estudiar"": Representations of Chicana schooling experiences in young adult literature"
Author(s)
Hernandez Farias, Dalia
Issue Date
2021-07-21
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Nuñez Cortez, Idalia
Committee Member(s)
  • Möller, Karla J.
  • González Ybarra, Mónica
Department of Study
Curriculum and Instruction
Discipline
Curriculum and Instruction
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Date of Ingest
2022-01-12T22:35:20Z
Keyword(s)
  • Young Adult Literature
  • Chicana Feminism
Abstract
This study examined Chicana schooling experiences represented in young adult literature texts written by Chicana authors and explored how Chicanas grappled with their identity formation and current realities within their schooling experiences as depicted in selected texts. Guided by Chicana feminist perspectives, this study engaged in a critical content analysis of four young adult literature texts: Gabi, a Girl in Pieces (Quintero, 2014), Under the Mesquite (Garcia McCall, 2013), What Can(t) Wait (Pérez, 2011), and The Tequila Worm (Canales, 2005). Two themes emerged: (1) academicas and high achieving, and (2) escritoras y artistas: meaning-making in school. The findings have important implications for understanding and problematizing portrayals of Chicana protagonists and their schooling experiences. Recommendations are provided for teachers on disrupting narrow views of Chicanas in the classroom through the use of young adult literature.
Graduation Semester
2021-08
Type of Resource
Thesis
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Copyright 2021 Dalia Hernandez Farias

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