The essay deals with the representation of slavery in contemporary children's literature. Analyzing two recent picture books which tell stories set in antebellum United States, it argues that recent developments in the feminist historiography of slavery and the growing body of literary works on slaveryby Black women have influenced the depiction of bondage in children's literature, producing female child protagonists who actively resist their condition and fight for freedom.
"I didn't give up dreaming": slave girls and the neo-slave narrative for children
SCACCHI, ANNA
2009
Abstract
The essay deals with the representation of slavery in contemporary children's literature. Analyzing two recent picture books which tell stories set in antebellum United States, it argues that recent developments in the feminist historiography of slavery and the growing body of literary works on slaveryby Black women have influenced the depiction of bondage in children's literature, producing female child protagonists who actively resist their condition and fight for freedom.
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