Suffer the Little Children: Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature
Thiscompelling work examines classic and contemporary Jewish and African Americanchildren’s literature. Through close readings of selected titles publishedsince 1945, Jodi Eichler-Levine analyzes what is at stake in portraying religioushistory for young people, particularly when the histories in que...
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Zusammenfassung: | Thiscompelling work examines classic and contemporary Jewish and African Americanchildren’s literature. Through close readings of selected titles publishedsince 1945, Jodi Eichler-Levine analyzes what is at stake in portraying religioushistory for young people, particularly when the histories in question aretraumatic ones. In the wake of the Holocaust and lynchings, of the MiddlePassage and flight from Eastern Europe's pogroms, children’s literatureprovides diverse and complicated responses to the challenge of representing difficultcollective pasts.In readingthe work of various prominent authors, including Maurice Sendak, Julius Lester,Jane Yolen, Sydney Taylor, and Virginia Hamilton, Eichler-Levine changes ourunderstanding of North American religions. She illuminates how narratives ofboth suffering and nostalgia graft future citizens into ideals of Americanliberal democracy, and into religious communities that can be understoodaccording to recognizable notions of reading, domestic respectability, andnational sacrifice. Ifchildren are the idealized recipients of the past, what does it mean to telltales of suffering to children, and can we imagine modes of memory that movepast utopian notions of children as our future? Suffer the Little Childrenasks readers to alter their worldviews about children’s literature as an"innocent" enterprise, revisiting the genre in a darker and more unsettledlight |
Beschreibung: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020) |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource 9 black and white illustrations |
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spelling | Eichler-Levine, Jodi Verfasser aut Suffer the Little Children Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature Jodi Eichler-Levine New York, NY New York University Press [2013] © 2013 1 online resource 9 black and white illustrations txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier North American Religions 4 Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020) Thiscompelling work examines classic and contemporary Jewish and African Americanchildren’s literature. Through close readings of selected titles publishedsince 1945, Jodi Eichler-Levine analyzes what is at stake in portraying religioushistory for young people, particularly when the histories in question aretraumatic ones. In the wake of the Holocaust and lynchings, of the MiddlePassage and flight from Eastern Europe's pogroms, children’s literatureprovides diverse and complicated responses to the challenge of representing difficultcollective pasts.In readingthe work of various prominent authors, including Maurice Sendak, Julius Lester,Jane Yolen, Sydney Taylor, and Virginia Hamilton, Eichler-Levine changes ourunderstanding of North American religions. She illuminates how narratives ofboth suffering and nostalgia graft future citizens into ideals of Americanliberal democracy, and into religious communities that can be understoodaccording to recognizable notions of reading, domestic respectability, andnational sacrifice. Ifchildren are the idealized recipients of the past, what does it mean to telltales of suffering to children, and can we imagine modes of memory that movepast utopian notions of children as our future? Suffer the Little Childrenasks readers to alter their worldviews about children’s literature as an"innocent" enterprise, revisiting the genre in a darker and more unsettledlight In English SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion bisacsh African Americans in literature American literature African American authors History and criticism Children's literature, American History and criticism Children's literature, Jewish History and criticism History in literature Jews in literature Suffering in literature Vergangenheit Motiv (DE-588)4187703-2 gnd rswk-swf Kinderliteratur (DE-588)4073409-2 gnd rswk-swf Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 gnd rswk-swf Trauma Motiv (DE-588)4401750-9 gnd rswk-swf Ethnische Gruppe Motiv (DE-588)4467022-9 gnd rswk-swf Religion Motiv (DE-588)4207560-9 gnd rswk-swf Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd rswk-swf Leid Motiv (DE-588)4214997-6 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 s Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 s Kinderliteratur (DE-588)4073409-2 s Religion Motiv (DE-588)4207560-9 s Ethnische Gruppe Motiv (DE-588)4467022-9 s Vergangenheit Motiv (DE-588)4187703-2 s Leid Motiv (DE-588)4214997-6 s Trauma Motiv (DE-588)4401750-9 s 1\p DE-604 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814724002 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | Eichler-Levine, Jodi Suffer the Little Children Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion bisacsh African Americans in literature American literature African American authors History and criticism Children's literature, American History and criticism Children's literature, Jewish History and criticism History in literature Jews in literature Suffering in literature Vergangenheit Motiv (DE-588)4187703-2 gnd Kinderliteratur (DE-588)4073409-2 gnd Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 gnd Trauma Motiv (DE-588)4401750-9 gnd Ethnische Gruppe Motiv (DE-588)4467022-9 gnd Religion Motiv (DE-588)4207560-9 gnd Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd Leid Motiv (DE-588)4214997-6 gnd |
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title | Suffer the Little Children Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature |
title_auth | Suffer the Little Children Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature |
title_exact_search | Suffer the Little Children Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature |
title_exact_search_txtP | Suffer the Little Children Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature |
title_full | Suffer the Little Children Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature Jodi Eichler-Levine |
title_fullStr | Suffer the Little Children Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature Jodi Eichler-Levine |
title_full_unstemmed | Suffer the Little Children Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature Jodi Eichler-Levine |
title_short | Suffer the Little Children |
title_sort | suffer the little children uses of the past in jewish and african american children s literature |
title_sub | Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature |
topic | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion bisacsh African Americans in literature American literature African American authors History and criticism Children's literature, American History and criticism Children's literature, Jewish History and criticism History in literature Jews in literature Suffering in literature Vergangenheit Motiv (DE-588)4187703-2 gnd Kinderliteratur (DE-588)4073409-2 gnd Juden (DE-588)4028808-0 gnd Trauma Motiv (DE-588)4401750-9 gnd Ethnische Gruppe Motiv (DE-588)4467022-9 gnd Religion Motiv (DE-588)4207560-9 gnd Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd Leid Motiv (DE-588)4214997-6 gnd |
topic_facet | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion African Americans in literature American literature African American authors History and criticism Children's literature, American History and criticism Children's literature, Jewish History and criticism History in literature Jews in literature Suffering in literature Vergangenheit Motiv Kinderliteratur Juden Trauma Motiv Ethnische Gruppe Motiv Religion Motiv Schwarze Leid Motiv USA |
url | https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814724002 |
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