Emerging into Independence: The Self and the Culture in Lesley Beake's "Song of Be.".

Yearwood, Stephenie

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ERIC Number: EJ555279

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Publication Date: 1997

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Emerging into Independence: The Self and the Culture in Lesley Beake's "Song of Be."

Yearwood, Stephenie

ALAN Review, v24 n3 p36-39 Spr 1997

Discusses Lesley Beake's novel "Song of Be," a novel set in Namibia that focuses on the life of Be, an adolescent girl who is dealing with abandonment, reconciliation, and personal and cultural identity. Notes that the book presents a culture very different from that of young American readers but recounts growth and development which is similar in many ways. (SR)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture, Multicultural Education, Reading Materials

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - General

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Namibia

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