Autorentext

Myisha Priest is Assistant Professor in The Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University, USA.

Klappentext

This book reads Black childhood as represented in literature, social practice, political discourse, and action to argue that literary images of Black children and the construction of a radical tradition of children's literature are related strategies addressing the limitations of articulations of black personhood.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. No Longer, Not Yet 2. "There Are No Children Here" 3. American Books For American Children 4. The Children's Crusade 5. Faultlines 6. Forms That Matter