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ERIC Number: EJ1462375
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Apr
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1082-3301
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1707
Available Date: 2024-04-15
Racial Stereotypes and Counter-Narratives in Children's Literature: Critical Content Analysis Using AsianCrit
Shin Ae Han1; Hyeungok Kang2; Shinho Kim2
Early Childhood Education Journal, v53 n4 p1171-1180 2025
This study examines the representations of Asian American children and their families in children's literature, utilizing Asian Critical Race Theory (AsianCrit) to analyze stereotypical portrayals and emphasize counter-narratives. In this study, we conducted a critical content analysis to identify themes in the underlying messages in the children's literature. As a result, we identified four themes among the selected literature: (1) stereotypical representation of Asian American children and families, (2) counter-narratives against the perpetual foreigner myth, (3) counter-narratives against the model minority myth, and (4) literature as spaces for honoring Asian American voices. Our findings highlight the need to critically examine race discourse in children's literature to acknowledge and validate the diverse experiences of Asian Americans, moving beyond the model minority and perpetual foreigner myths.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1School of Teacher Education, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Honolulu, USA; 2University of Georgia, Department of Educational Theory and Practice at the Mary Frances Early College of Education, Athens, USA