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Student Name Professor Name Subject 20 June 2012 Social Equality in Children’s Literature To begin with, we should say what social equality is in general. Social equality is a state of social affairs where all the people within the same group or any other formation have the same rights and, what is more important, the same status in certain respects. Some basic differences may divide people.
Antiracist efforts in the field of children’s literature came to fruition in the 1960s and 1970s, and included the organization of the Council on Interracial Books for Children (CIBC) and the publication of Nancy Larrick’s landmark article “The All-White World of Children’s Literature” (1965) in the Saturday Review. Of late there has been resistance to antiracist efforts to reform.
Changing Concepts of Childhood and Children's Literature ix analysis of children's literature. In addition to this, the emergence and rapid expansion of Cultural Studies in the Anglo-American critical landscape has created a free space and an analytic instrumentarium for the serious consideration of hitherto marginalized forms of cultural expression, such as children's literature and—within.
The study of children’s literature as an academic discipline has developed since the 1980s from its roots in education and librarianship to its place in departments of literature and childhood studies. Although its practitioners position themselves at different points on the spectrum between “book-oriented” and “child-oriented,” the study is held together by the “presence” of.
Racism in European Literature. In its 21st century context, any literary discourse on racism can easily be attributed to xenophobia and hatred, as exemplified by racism in American Literature that spans three centuries. Racism in European Literature, as well as insinuations thereof, however, resemble more an inquiry rather than overt declarations of prejudice.
The following children’s books have been mentioned on Raising Race Conscious Children. Blog posts are referenced that model how to read a particular book using race conscious practices. This section will be updated periodically to reflect new blog posts--and we invite guest bloggers.
The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books. Plus, we hear from Kansas City artist and activist Jessica Ayala, whose new collection of poetry, Huelga, will be.