Publications

Publication details [#47167]

Martin, Michelle. 2004. Brown Gold. Milestones of African American Children's Picture Books, 1845-2002. (Children's Literature and Culture). Routledge. 256 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

children's book | pictorial co-text | racism | representational structure | stereotype

Annotation

This book examines how African-American children's picture books have evolved from mid-nineteenth century problematic early works, rooted in minstrelsy and stereotype, via the civil rights movement, up to actual celebrations of blackness.