Gloria Velásquez’s Roosevelt High School seriestowards quality multicultural literature through rainbow coalitions

  1. Fernández Rodríguez, Carolina 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

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Revista:
Journal of English Studies

ISSN: 1576-6357

Año de publicación: 2020

Número: 18

Páginas: 59-81

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.18172/JES.4406 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Journal of English Studies

Resumen

El objetivo de este artículo es estudiar varias novelas juveniles de la escritora chicana Gloria Velásquez, la serie Roosevelt High School (1994-2018), como una herramienta educativa dentro del marco de la educación multicultural. El análisis tiene en cuenta la selección de situaciones problemáticas de Velásquez (relacionadas con el racismo, el sexismo o la homofobia, entre otras) y las soluciones propuestas por las novelas, que incluyen tanto respuestas individuales como medidas organizadas por la comunidad. Se presta especial atención a la crítica según la cual los personajes latinxs y multiétnicos de Velásquez son estereotipados, lo cual cancelaría el potencial de los libros para inspirar un cambio social. En contraste con esa visión negativa, este artículo demuestra que la serie de Velásquez ofrece modelos de empoderamiento para la juventud latina multiétnica y colabora eficazmente en la deconstrucción de los estereotipos de raza, clase y género, lo cual, a su vez, contribuye a la implementación de la propuesta de 1984 de Jesse Jackson de que las minorías étnicas deberían formar una “coalición arcoíris”.

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