White Supremacy in Children's Literature

by Donnarae MacCann

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415928907
• ISBN13: 9780415928908
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"