"Got Libros?": Exploring Patrons' Experiences with Latinx History and Literature at La Casa Azul Bookstore.

This article explores how a local community came to value a Latinx bookstore as a supplementary knowledge space for Latinx history, literature, and culture. Findings detail how the bookstore served as a catalyst for a heterogeneous group of Latinx families and educators to (1) access empowering refl...

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Publicado en:Anthropology & Education Quarterly Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 422 - 440
Autor principal: de los Ríos, Cati V.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2020
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Sumario:This article explores how a local community came to value a Latinx bookstore as a supplementary knowledge space for Latinx history, literature, and culture. Findings detail how the bookstore served as a catalyst for a heterogeneous group of Latinx families and educators to (1) access empowering reflections of Latinx histories that were not found in traditional K–12 school curricula and (2) build alternative libraries in homes and classrooms that centered Latinx communities' sociopolitical worlds.