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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462465403321

Autore

Connolly Paula T

Titolo

Slavery in American children's literature, 1790-2010 [[electronic resource] /] / Paula T. Connolly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, 2013

ISBN

1-60938-178-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/3552

Soggetti

Slavery in literature

American literature - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Usage; Introduction; Chapter 1. Slavery Debates for Children, 1790-1865: Abolitionist Responses; Chapter 2. Slavery Debates for Children, 1830-1865: Proslavery Responses; Chapter 3. Reconstructing Slavery, 1865-1919; Chapter 4. Conflicting Voices during the Harlem Renaissance Era, 1920-1950; Chapter 5. The Civil Rights Movement and New Narratives, 1951-2010; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Long seen by writers as a vital political force of the nation, children's literature has been an important means not only of mythologizing a certain racialized past but also, because of its intended audience, of promoting a specific racialized future. Stories about slavery for children have served as primers for racial socialization. This first comprehensive study of slavery in children's literature, Slavery in American Children's Literature, 1790-2010, also historicizes the ways generations of authors have drawn upon antebellum literature in their own re-creations of slavery.