The Representation of Latinos and the Use of Spanish: A Critical Content Analysis of "Skippyjon Jones"

Autor/in	Martínez-Roldan, Carmen M.
Titel	The Representation of Latinos and the Use of Spanish: A Critical Content Analysis of "Skippyjon Jones"
Quelle	In: Journal of Children's Literature, 39 (2013) 1, S.5-14 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-7779
Schlagwörter	Picture Books; Hispanic Americans; Cultural Awareness; Childrens Literature; Language Usage; Spanish; Multicultural Education; Stereotypes; Social Attitudes; Semantics; Animals; Pronunciation; Mexicans; Racial Bias; Content Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Picture book; Bilderbuch; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Sprachgebrauch; Spanisch; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Klischee; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Semantik; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Aussprache; Mexikaner; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Inhaltsanalyse
Abstract	This study illustrates the presence of Mock Spanish in some English-based picture books and the ways this usage misrepresents Latino people, language, and culture. The author conducted a critical content analysis of five Skippyjon Jones books. Her guiding question was, How is language used, particularly Spanish, in these English texts, and what are the consequences of this use for the representation of Mexican characters in the stories. In this article, she presents the analysis of one book, "Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse," as representative of the ways Spanish is used in the series. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10