Montaño, Jesus and Regan Postma-Montaño. Tactics of Hope in Latinx Children’s and Young Adult Literature. U of New Mexico P. 2022. 202 pages. Print ISBN 9780826363831. eText ISBN 9780826366337.
Year: 2025
Type: book-review
Abstract: Discussions on diversity are essential for children's and young adult literature.Monocultural dominance restricts the richness of stories that young readers are exposed to, but scholarship increasingly challenges these entrenched norms.Scholars such as Marilisa Jiménez García also advocate for the importance of diversity and representation when advocating for the importance of youth and Latinx literature.Hence, books such as Jesus Montaño and Regan Postma-Montaño's Tactics of Hope in Latinx Children's and Young Adult Literature theorize and explain how Latinx authors, illustrators, and scholars challenge exclusionary publishing practices and carve out space for authentic storytelling.Latinx authors for young audiences "destabilize unjust and inequitable practices and ideologies by presenting characters and stories that are more equitable and make visible Latinx culture" (Montaño and Postma-Montaño 11).In other words, by creating narratives that reflect the complexities and value of Latinx identities, these authors
Author: Edcel J. Cintron-Gonzalez
Institution: Illinois State University
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410122071