Representations of Slavery in Children’s Picture Books

Download or read book Representations of Slavery in Children’s Picture Books written by Raphael Rogers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on critical race theory, critical race feminism, critical multicultural analysis, and intertextuality this book examines how slavery is represented in contemporary children’s picture books. Through analysis of recently published picture books about slavery, Rogers discusses how these books engage with and respond to the historiography of the institution of slavery. Exploring how contemporary writers and illustrators have represented the institution of slavery, Rogers presents a critical and responsible approach for reading and using picture books in K-12 classrooms and demonstrates how these picture books about slavery continue to perform important cultural work.