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White Supremacy In Children's Literature

MacCann, Donnarae

1998,2013,1997

Overview

This penetrating study of the white supremacy myth in books for the young adds an important dimension to American intellectual history. The study pinpoints an intersecting adult and child culture: it demonstrates that many children's stories had political, literary, and social contexts that paralleled the way adult books, schools, churches, and government institutions similarly maligned black identity, culture, and intelligence. The book reveals how links between the socialization of children and conservative trends in the 19th century foretold 20th century disregard for social justice in American social policy. The author demonstrates that cultural pluralism, an ongoing corrective to white supremacist fabrications, is informed by the insights and historical assessments offered in this study.

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Garland Pub,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: 19th century / African Americans in literature / Afro-Americans in literature / American literature / American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism / American literature -- White authors -- History and criticism / Books and reading / cabin / Characters and characteristics in literature / Children / Children's Literature / Children's literature, American / Children's literature, American -- History and criticism / edward / finley / History / History and criticism / jacob / Literature / Literature & Race / martha / myth / Racism in literature / stratemeyer / supremacist / tom's / uncle / United States / White authors / White supremacy movements / White supremacy movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• ISBN: 9780415928908, 9780815320562, 0415928907, 0815320566