1st Edition
White Supremacy in Children's Literature Characterizations of African Americans, 1830-1900
By Donnarae MacCann
Copyright 1998
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction; Part 1 The Antebellum Years; Chapter 1 Ambivalent Abolitionism; Chapter 2 Sociopolitical and Artistic Dimensions of Abolitionist Tales; Personal and Institutional Dimensions; Part 2 The Postbellum Years; Chapter 4 Children’s Fiction; Chapter 5 The Social/Political Context; Chapter 6 Literary Lives; Chapter 7 Postwar Institutions; Chapter 8 Literary Methods and Conventions; Chapter 9 Conclusion;
Biography
Donnarae MacCann
"...rich and comprehensive...If ever there was a text for ...children's literature historians and professors ...to invest time in and give serious attention to the portrayal of African Americans ...this is it...Clearly, MacCann's book is of importance. ...The searing focus of her book does...enlighten and extend existing knowledge on the history of white supremacy in children's literature..." -- History of Reading News
"MacCann's book explains so much about the racial situation in the US today that it should not be restricted to those studying children's literature. It should be in every library and read by all those who expect "the arts and institutions to maximize social justice"." -- Choice
