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The Multicultural Aspects of a Major Publisher's Literature Offerings

Ericksen, Stefanie Lyn

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2008, Master of Education (MEd), Bowling Green State University, Reading.
The purpose of this investigation was to analyze the representation of multicultural characters in the text and illustrations of books offered in book clubs. A major publishing company provided these specific book clubs. The books were chosen from two separate book clubs that were identifiable by grade level. Three hundred and twenty books were examined. Books that did not have human characters in the illustrations and/or story line were eliminated from the study. Each book was read, illustrations were scrutinized and an excel spreadsheet was created that indicated cultural representations and relevance. Cultural relevance was determined to be either culturally neutral of culturally specific relevance. After all the books were analyzed, charts and graphical representations were made to demonstrate the variations in the story line and illustrations depicting culture.
Cindy Hendricks, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Lessie Cochran, Dr. (Committee Member)
Mark Earley, Dr. (Committee Member)
64 p.

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  • Ericksen, S. L. (2008). The Multicultural Aspects of a Major Publisher's Literature Offerings [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206123604

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ericksen, Stefanie. The Multicultural Aspects of a Major Publisher's Literature Offerings. 2008. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206123604.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ericksen, Stefanie. "The Multicultural Aspects of a Major Publisher's Literature Offerings." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1206123604

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)