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Establishing 'Selfhood'--A Book Club, Community-Based Theater and Literary Interpretations

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Title: Establishing 'Selfhood'--A Book Club, Community-Based Theater and Literary Interpretations
Language: English
Authors: Wanda Brooks (ORCID 0000-0002-2165-4869), Susan Browne, John Spencer
Source: Reading Teacher. 2025 79(3).
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 6
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Books, Community Programs, Theater Arts, Reader Text Relationship, Reader Response, Youth Clubs, African Americans, Preadolescents
DOI: 10.1002/trtr.70025
ISSN: 0034-0561
1936-2714
Abstract: This article describes research on the Harbor Us Book Club. Critical analysis of the reading responses from preteen Black youth remains surprisingly rare in literacy studies. Our inquiry asks: How do readers develop literary and lived understandings of selfhood in response to the books? In what follows, we describe the theoretical frameworks and research methods undergirding this project. We then present two themes exemplifying our key findings and conclude with implications for schools and communities.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1487018
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This article describes research on the Harbor Us Book Club. Critical analysis of the reading responses from preteen Black youth remains surprisingly rare in literacy studies. Our inquiry asks: How do readers develop literary and lived understandings of selfhood in response to the books? In what follows, we describe the theoretical frameworks and research methods undergirding this project. We then present two themes exemplifying our key findings and conclude with implications for schools and communities.
ISSN:0034-0561
1936-2714
DOI:10.1002/trtr.70025