Voices of Resistance: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Chican@ Children's Literature - Paperback

by Laura Alamillo (Editor), Larissa M. Mercado-Lopez (Editor), Cristina Herrera (Editor)

This edited volume offers an interdisciplinary and expansive analysis of Chican@ children's literature in light of current political, social, and cultural trends.

Author Biography

Laura Alamillo, received her PhD from the University of California at Berkeley in Language, Literacy and Culture. She is currently a Professor in Literacy, Early Childhood, Bilingual and Special Education Department at Fresno State. Her research includes looking at the education of emergent bilingual children specifically at humanizing and culturally sustaining teaching practices in multlingual classrooms. Larissa M. Mercado-López received her PhD in Latina Literature from the University of Texas at San Antonio and is currently an associate professor of Women's Studies at California State University, Fresno, and children's book writer.. Her research focuses on Chicana feminisms, Tejana literature, and intersectional feminist fitness studies. Cristina Herrera holds a PhD in Literature from Claremont Graduate University and is associate professor and chair of Chicano and Latin American Studies at California State University, Fresno. She has published on Chicana literature, motherhood, and young adult literature, among other topics.