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Brooks, Wanda; Browne, Susan – Children's Literature in Education, 2012
This article describes a theory of how culture enables literary interpretations of texts. We begin with a brief overview of the reader response field. From there, we introduce the theory and provide illustrative participant data examples. These data examples illustrate the four cultural positions middle grade students in our research assumed when…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, African American Children, Reader Response, Novels
Brooks, Wanda – Children's Literature in Education, 2009
This article analyzes the 2002 Coretta Scott King Award book by Mildred Taylor entitled "The Land". The novel and its author are situated within a tradition of historical fiction written by and about African Americans. I then offer an analysis that utilizes Critical Race Theory as an interpretive tool for examining the ways Taylor embeds meanings…
Descriptors: African Americans, Adolescent Literature, Recognition (Achievement), Ownership
Brooks, Wanda; Hampton, Gregory – Children's Literature in Education, 2005
This article presents a case study class response to Mildred Taylor's now classic and widely read novel, "Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry." Through data collected during one school year, the ways urban, adolescent students use their contemporary lenses to interpret the literary theme of "confronting, overcoming and challenging racism" are discussed.…
Descriptors: Novels, Racial Bias, Reader Response, Adolescents