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The Rhetorical Power of Children's Literature is an edited volume
with contributions from established and new scholars of rhetoric
offering case studies that analyze a full array of genres in
children's literature from picture books to young adult novels.
Collectively, this volume's contributions interrogate how
children's literature is a powerful yet under examined space of
rhetorical discourse that influences one of the most vulnerable
segments of our population. This book is singularly unique given
that it will be the first collection of essays on children's
literature from the distinct perspective of the field of
Communication. Beyond topical novelty, the contributors utilize a
range of scholarly methods to analyze instances of the rhetoric of
children's literature. Consequently, essays in this volume may be
read for both their specific topical content and as exemplars for
multiple methodological approaches to the study of the rhetoric of
children's literature. Collectively, the contributors set out to
contribute to our knowledge of how instances of children's
literature operate as rhetorical discourses. The volume is
organized by case studies approached through critical, rhetorical
lenses that analyze specific instances of children's literature
from two distinct stages of children's developmental reading
experiences including pre/early literacy and fluent reading.
Structurally, the book includes eight content chapters divided
evenly with four chapters analyzing books for young children and
four chapters analyzing books targeting audiences from
late-childhood to adolescence. An overview of each content chapter
accompanies this proposal.
The Rhetorical Power of Children's Literature is an edited volume
with contributions from established and new scholars of rhetoric
offering case studies that analyze a full array of genres in
children's literature from picture books to young adult novels.
Collectively, this volume's contributions interrogate how
children's literature is a powerful yet under examined space of
rhetorical discourse that influences one of the most vulnerable
segments of our population. This book is singularly unique given
that it will be the first collection of essays on children's
literature from the distinct perspective of the field of
Communication. Beyond topical novelty, the contributors utilize a
range of scholarly methods to analyze instances of the rhetoric of
children's literature. Consequently, essays in this volume may be
read for both their specific topical content and as exemplars for
multiple methodological approaches to the study of the rhetoric of
children's literature. Collectively, the contributors set out to
contribute to our knowledge of how instances of children's
literature operate as rhetorical discourses. The volume is
organized by case studies approached through critical, rhetorical
lenses that analyze specific instances of children's literature
from two distinct stages of children's developmental reading
experiences including pre/early literacy and fluent reading.
Structurally, the book includes eight content chapters divided
evenly with four chapters analyzing books for young children and
four chapters analyzing books targeting audiences from
late-childhood to adolescence. An overview of each content chapter
accompanies this proposal. is an edited volume with contributions
from established and new scholars of rhetoric offering case studies
that analyze a full array of genres in children's literature from
picture books to young adult novels. Collectively, this volume's
contributions interrogate how children's literature is a powerful
yet under examined space of rhetorical discourse that influences
one of the most vulnerable segments of our population. This book is
singularly unique given that it will be the first collection of
essays on children's literature from the distinct perspective of
the field of Communication. Beyond topical novelty, the
contributors utilize a range of scholarly methods to analyze
instances of the rhetoric of children's literature. Consequently,
essays in this volume may be read for both their specific topical
content and as exemplars for multiple methodological approaches to
the study of the rhetoric of children's literature. Collectively,
the contributors set out to contribute to our knowledge of how
instances of children's literature operate as rhetorical
discourses. The volume is organized by case studies approached
through critical, rhetorical lenses that analyze specific instances
of children's literature from two distinct stages of children's
developmental reading experiences including pre/early literacy and
fluent reading. Structurally, the book includes eight content
chapters divided evenly with four chapters analyzing books for
young children and four chapters analyzing books targeting
audiences from late-childhood to adolescence. An overview of each
content chapter accompanies this proposal.
Aboriginal and Visible Minority Librarians: Oral Histories from
Canada, is a collection of chapters written by librarians of color
in Canada writing about their experiences working in libraries.
This book is not only for librarians in Canada and for those who
aspire to become librarians, it is also for deans and directors of
libraries and library schools, managers and supervisors in
libraries, faculty in library schools and beyond, human resources
personnel and other decision making people in the library field. It
will also appeal to researchers interested in race relations,
multiculturalism, intercultural communications and management,
cross-cultural communications and management, cross-cultural
studies, diversity, Aboriginal peoples, Indigenous populations, and
ethnic or visible minorities. Several of the Aboriginal librarians
who contributed to this book have worked within tribal communities
and tribal libraries. In spite of working within community
environments, they have experienced challenges, especially related
to lack of funding. The majority of the chapters written by visible
minority librarians come from those born outside of Canada.They
speak of their love for their new country, its generosity and
support towards newcomers and immigrants, and their reasons for
taking up the library profession. While few of the librarians speak
of open racism, they narrate their experiences as those filled with
challenges, self-doubt and courage. They speak of having to deal
with tokenism, lack of mentorship, and working in professional
isolation. Some of them narrate their challenges in working with
colleagues who do not relate to them. Lack of support is common as
many organizations do not have proper strategies to deal with
discrimination. But they end their chapters with a positive note of
encouragement for future librarians. The authors encourage all
librarians to be engaged, find trusted mentors, seek help when
needed, focus on professional development and find a niche in the
organization.
In the life stories of Holocaust survivors, biblical imagery can be
invoked to explicate the unexplainable, to make real the unreal.
This text examines the role of Genesis in the autobiographies of
survivors, those who were the targets of genocidal attack. Three
main concerns converge: the literary nature of Biblical allusion,
the contextual history of the Holocaust, and Midrashic
considerations that arise from biblical reference. After setting
the groundwork of autobiographical theory, intertextuality, and the
Midrashic tradition, the chapters examine references to Adam and
Eve's expulsion from paradise, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, the
Akeda, Jacob's struggle with the angel, and Cain's murder of Abel.
Of particular importance are the ways in which these allusions shed
light both on the original text and on the act of genocide
perpetrated by the Nazis.
Although many people who have survived trauma, abuse, and
violent situations understand on a logical level that the traumatic
events they experienced were not their fault, shame may still
underlie their feelings and fuel post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) and other trauma-related psychological difficulties. For
example, women who are victims of domestic abuse are often so
paralyzed with the stigma of shame associated with their abuse,
they don't seek help. The Compassionate-Mind Guide to Recovering
from Trauma and PTSD helps readers reduce the sense of threat they
constantly feel and develop a fuller understanding of their
reactions to trauma by cultivating compassion for themselves and
others. The practical exercises based in compassion-focused therapy
(CFT) that are offered in this book help readers gradually confront
and overcome trauma-related behaviors. This approach invites
readers who have undergone a traumatic experience to develop
compassion for themselves and others, a sense of safety, and the
ability to self-soothe when difficult memories or emotions arise.
Written by an international expert on PTSD treatment, this book
will prove to be an essential resource for therapists specializing
in the treatment of trauma and anyone in the process of healing
from a traumatic experience.
Terrible events are very hard to deal with and those who go through
a trauma often feel permanently changed by it. Grief, numbness,
anger, anxiety and shame are all very common emotional reactions to
traumatic incidents such as an accident or death of a loved one,
and ongoing traumatic events such as domestic abuse. How we deal
with the aftermath of trauma and our own emotional response can
determine how quickly we are able to 'move on' and get back to
'normality' once more. An integral part of the recovery process is
not only recognising and accepting how our lives may have been
changed but also learning to deal with feelings of shame - an
extremely common reaction to trauma. 'Recovering from Trauma' uses
the groundbreaking Compassion Focused Therapy to help the reader to
not only develop a fuller understanding of how we react to trauma,
but also to deal with any feelings of shame and start to overcome
any trauma-related difficulties.
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