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"it is informative and illuminating; . . . Recommended for those who are interested in the field of disability studies, in particular the d/Deaf community.--Ragan O'Malley ""School Library Journal"" The editors of the present collection harness literature's power by gathering essays that explore how children's texts--novels, graphic novels, picture books, films, creative nonfiction, auto-ethnographies--portray being Deaf in a nonclinical, humanistic fashion. Recommended.--J. F. Andrews ""CHOICE"" Children, Deafness, and Deaf Cultures in Popular Media breaks exciting new ground by extending literary deaf studies to children's literature. It offers an engrossing look at diverse representations from around the world.--Christopher Krentz, author of Writing Deafness: The Hearing Line in Nineteenth-Century American Literature"

Children, Deafness, and Deaf Cultures in Popular Media breaks exciting new ground by extending literary deaf studies to children's literature. It offers an engrossing look at diverse representations from around the world.--Christopher Krentz, author of Writing Deafness: The Hearing Line in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

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John Stephens is former president of the International Research Society for Children’s Literature and foundation editor of International Research in Children’s Literature (2008–2016). In 2007 he received the 11th International Brothers Grimm Award and in 2013 the Anne Deveraux Jordan Award, both given to recognize significant contributions to the field of children's literature in scholarship and service. He is author of several books and over a hundred articles. Vivian Yenika-Agbaw (1959–2021) was professor of literature and literacies at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park. A former middle and high school teacher, she authored and coedited several books and over seventy articles and book chapters. A former IRSCL board member (2017–2019), she was inaugural chair of the IRSCL Equity and Diversity Committee (EDC).

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