Title: Slavery in American children's literature, 1790-2010
Description: 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.
Subjects: African Americans in literature, Schwarze, Race relations in literature, Rassenpolitik, Ethnische Beziehungen, Slavery in literature, History and criticism, Sklaverei, Children's Literature, Children's literature, American, American, LITERARY CRITICISM, Kinderliteratur, African American children in literature, General, American literature, history and criticism, 19th century, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, American literature, Slavery, American literature, history and criticism, Children's literature, history and criticism, Ethnische Beziehung, African Americans as literary characters, Slaves as literary characters, African American authors, Slavery in motion pictures, Slaves' writings, American
Places: USA
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century, 18th century