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Sano, Joelle – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Although much research has evaluated children's books for depictions of gender, little has centered on the portrayal of immigrants and social class. This investigation utilizes Bourdieu's theory of capital reproduction in education, Durkheim's conception of collective conscience and morals, and Bowles and Gintis's critique of…
Descriptors: Social Class, Content Analysis, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Klein, Margaret E. – 1998
This content analysis sought to examine the annotations in two editions of "Books for You" (a recommended reading list for high school students) published thirty-one years apart (1964 and 1995) to determine if the roles, settings, and importance of multicultural characters has changed in any way. The percentage of annotations was…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indians, Asian Americans, Bibliographies