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VOL. 11, ISSUE 2 (2025)
Racial and cultural representations in children's and young adult literature
Authors
R Pavithra
Abstract
The study evaluates the impact of literary ethnic content on character
progress and youth empathy development and social comprehension. Children and
adolescent literature through history mainly portrayed white European
perspectives while it neglected or misrepresented experiences of non-white
racial groups. The Own Voices movement led with other comparable initiatives
established the necessity for real multicultural narratives which increased
during recent decades. This research investigates racial and cultural portra
Young Adult by examining harmful literary stereotypes before recognizing
writers who lead diversity-based literary transformations. This research
studies existing publishing obstacles and explains how teachers and librarians
and parents jointly support diverse publishing initiatives. The research
validates that reliable diversity found in children's and Young Adult fiction
crops essential circumstances for growing an reasonable society with enlarged
empathy.
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Pages:7-9
How to cite this article:
R Pavithra "Racial and cultural representations in children's and young adult literature". International Journal of English Research, Vol 11, Issue 2, 2025, Pages 7-9
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