Premium
“Got Libros?”: Exploring Patrons’ Experiences with Latinx History and Literature at La Casa Azul Bookstore
Author(s) -
de los Ríos Cati V.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12351
Subject(s) - sociology , curriculum , value (mathematics) , pedagogy , anthropology , computer science , machine learning
This article explores how a local community came to value a Latinx bookstore as a supplementary knowledge space for Latinx history, literature, and culture. Findings detail how the bookstore served as a catalyst for a heterogeneous group of Latinx families and educators to (1) access empowering reflections of Latinx histories that were not found in traditional K–12 school curricula and (2) build alternative libraries in homes and classrooms that centered Latinx communities’ sociopolitical worlds.