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.

White Supremacy in Children's Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)

MacCann, Donnarae

Teen & Young Adult

Routledge

Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa (Children's Literature and Culture)

In the spirit of their last collaboration, Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's Literature, 1985-1995, Yulisa Amadu Maddy and Donnarae MacCann once again come together to expose the neo-imperialist overtones of contemporary children's fiction about Africa. Examining the portrayal of African social customs, religious philosophies, and political structures in fiction for young people, Maddy and MacCann reveal the Western biases that often infuse stories by well-known Western authors. In the book's introductory section, Maddy and MacCann offer historical information concerning Western notions of Africa as "primitive," and then present background information about the complexity of feminism in Africa and about the ongoing institutionalization of racism. The main body of the study contains critiques of the novels or short stories of eleven well-known writers, including Isabel Allende and Nancy Farmer--all demonstrating that children's literature continues to mis-represent conditions and social relations in Africa. The study concludes with a look at those short stories of Beverley Naidoo which bring insight and historical accuracy to South African conflicts and emerging solutions. Educators, literature professors, publishers, professors of Diaspora and African studies, and students of the mass media will find Maddy and MacCann’s critique of racism in the representation of Africa to be indispensible to students of multicultural literature.

Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa: A Study of Contemporary Fiction (Children's Literature and Culture)

Amadu Maddy, Yulisa

Many new countries are included in this update of the 1972 edition, as well as additional material on eleven of the countries discussed earlier. An outstanding authority in this field from each of the twenty-three countries has contributed material for his or her nation's program. Topics include general education in the country, history of school library development, administration and management techniques, programs, education, and certification requirements, standards and legislation, and professional support. Among the new countries included are Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, People's Republic of China, South Africa, and Thailand. With many photographs of school libraries.

The Black American in books for children: readings in racism,

Scarecrow Press

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.

White Supremacy in Children's Literature : Characterizations of African Americans, 1830-1900 (Children's Literature and Culture)

The child's first books;: A critical study of pictures and texts,

wilson

White Supremacy in Children's Literature: Characterizations of African Americans, 1830-1900

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White Supremacy in Children's Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)

Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa: A Study of Contemporary Fiction (Children's Literature and Culture)

The Black American in books for children: readings in racism,

White Supremacy in Children's Literature : Characterizations of African Americans, 1830-1900 (Children's Literature and Culture)

The child's first books;: A critical study of pictures and texts,

White Supremacy in Children's Literature: Characterizations of African Americans, 1830-1900

White Supremacy in Children's Literature: Characterizations of African Americans, 1830-1900