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Disrupting Problematic Picturebook Depictions of the Civil Rights Movement

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ID2976339
AutoresNoreen Naseem Rodríguez (0000-0003-0798-0155), Anne Vickery (0000-0002-2070-8239)
Ano2020
Volume22
Fascículo2
Páginas109-128
Data de publicação2020-08-31
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Multicultural Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1934-5267 • E-ISSN: 1934-5267
EditoraInstitute for Educational Research, Yonsei University (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18251/ijme.v22i2.2243
OpenAlexW3082397329
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas4

While more diverse children's literature about youth activism is available than ever before, popular picturebooks often perpetuate problematic tropes about the Civil Rights Movement. In this article, we conduct a critical content analysis of the award-winning picturebook The Youngest Marcher and contrast the book's content to a critical race counterstory of the Movement focused on the collective struggle for justice in the face of racial violence. We argue for the need to engage students in civic media literacy through a critical race lens and offer ways to nuance the limited narratives often found in children's literature

Aesthetics · Art · Civil rights · Content (measure theory · Critical race theory · Economic Justice · Face (sociological concept · Literacy · Literature · Media studies · Movement (music · Narrative · Pedagogy · Political science · Race (biology · Social science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law