Civilizing the Child
Subtitle: Discourses of Race, Nation, and Child Welfare in America
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780739178980
Subjects: Child welfare; Children of immigrants; Children, services for; Poor children; Children, united states; Children of minorities; Racism
Description: In Civilizing the Child: Discourses of Race, Nation and Child Welfare in America, Katherine S. Bullard analyzes the discourse of child welfare advocates who argued for the notion of a racialized ideal child. This ideal child, limited to white, often native-born children, was at the center of arguments for material support to children and education for their parents. This book illuminates important limitations in the Progressive approach to social welfare and helps to explain the current dearth of support for poor children. - [from the back cover]