A compelling and penetrating study of the white supremacy myth in books for the young, revealing how children's stories have echoed the social injustice in American society.

While white racism has global dimensions, it has an unshakeable lease on life in South African political organizations and its educational system. Donnarae MacCann and Yulisa Maddy here provide an analysis of South African children's literature during the key decade around Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Their research demonstrates that the literature of this period was derived from the same milieu - intellectual, educational, religious, political, and economic - that brought white supremacy to South Africa during colonial times. This volume contributes to the study of children's...

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.