Was the Cat in the Hat black? : the hidden racism of children's literature, and the need for diverse books / Philip Nel.
Nel, Philip, author.
2017
PN1009.5.R32 N47 2017eb
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Title Was the Cat in the Hat black? : the hidden racism of children's literature, and the need for diverse books / Philip Nel.
Author Nel, Philip, author.
ISBN 9780190635084 (electronic book)
0190635088 (electronic book)
9780190635077
019063507X
Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number PN1009.5.R32 N47 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.9/9282
Summary America is again in a period of civil rights activism, and one of the key places that racism continues to hide is books for young people. Was the Cat in the Hat Black? deftly diagnoses this systemic problem and offers concrete suggestions on how we may combat it in children's and young adult literature.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: Race, racism, and the cultures of childhood
The strange career of The Cat in the Hat; or, Dr. Seuss's racial imagination
How to read uncomfortably: Racism, affect, and classic children's books
Whiteness, nostalgia, and fantastic flying books: William Joyce's racial erasures vs. Hurricane Katrina
Don't judge a book by its color: The destructive fantasy of whitewashing (and vice-versa)
Childhoods "outside the boundaries of imagination": Genre is the new Jim Crow
Conclusion: A manifesto for anti-racist children's literature.

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