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Peer reviewedRees, David – Children's Literature in Education, 1980
Discusses Britain's lack of children's books that deal with the problem of skin color and examines some books that discuss this topic. (HOD)
Descriptors: Characterization, Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBeck, Bernard – Multicultural Education, 1996
Examines the movie "White Man's Burden" and, by its reversing of social ideologies and stereotypes, the questions arising from it about race relations in America. The author addresses the movie's shortcomings in dealing with race relations in part because it leaves intact ideologies and moralities based on class without defining…
Descriptors: Characterization, Content Analysis, Cultural Differences, Film Criticism
Peer reviewedNgwarsungu, Chiwengo – Journal of Black Studies, 1990
Compares characterization in Western and African novels. Observes that the characters in African novels are principally mediums for exposing the sociopolitical situation. (FMW)
Descriptors: African Literature, Characterization, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedMorgan, Stacy I. – College English, 2001
Discusses how both novels share key thematic elements pertaining to the experiences of migrants from rural Appalachia to multiethnic industrial centers of the urban north. Notes that a focus on the authors' handling of material culture helps to point one with increased clarity and precision to the writerly method by which Attaway and Arnow convey…
Descriptors: Characterization, Cultural Differences, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology)
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1983
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 29 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) science fiction in elementary school science education; (2) the portrayal of black characters in children's literature; (3) UFOs and their correlates as a…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Autobiographies, Bibliotherapy
