Social:Racial Innocence

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Short description: 2013 nonfiction book by Robin Bernstein


Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights is a nonfiction book by Robin Bernstein. It was published in 2011 by NYU Press.[1][2][3][4][5]

Synopsis

During the mid-nineteenth century, American perspectives on childhood changed significantly. Childhood went from the Calvinist belief that a child was inherently flawed to a child is an innocent being. However, this change in view applied to white children and not other races. The author shows how now archived material evidence shaped American worldviews and racial divides.[6][7][8]

Accolades

According to the publisher, this book was awarded the following honors:[9]

  • 2013 Book Award Winner from the International Research Society in Children's Literature
  • 2012 Outstanding Book Award Winner from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education
  • 2012 Winner of the Lois P. Rudnick Book Prize presented by the New England American Studies Association

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Jayna (2013). "Reviewed work: Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights, Robin Bernstein". Callaloo 36 (2): 482–485. doi:10.1353/cal.2013.0102. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24264929. 
  2. ↑ Proehl, Kristen B. (2013). "Reviewed work: Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights, Robin Bernstein". African American Review 46 (1): 187–189. doi:10.1353/afa.2013.0020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23783629. 
  3. ↑ Renner, Karen J. (2015). "The Ambiguous Role of Agency in Childhood Studies". Women's Studies Quarterly 43 (1/2): 304–307. doi:10.1353/wsq.2015.0005. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43958504. 
  4. ↑ Newman, Judie (2013). "Reviewed work: Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights, Robin Bernstein". Journal of American Studies 47 (2): 561–562. doi:10.1017/S0021875813000212. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24485540. 
  5. ↑ Chinn, Sarah E. (2012). "Racialized Things". American Quarterly 64 (4): 873–883. doi:10.1353/aq.2012.0047. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41809539. 
  6. ↑ Kootin, Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe (2014). "Reviewed work: Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights, Robin Bernstein". TDR (1988-) 58 (2): 179–180. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24584878. 
  7. ↑ Ducomb, Christian (2013). "Reviewed work: RACIAL INNOCENCE: PERFORMING AMERICAN CHILDHOOD FROM SLAVERY TO CIVIL RIGHTS, Robin Bernstein". Theatre Journal 65 (2): 295–296. doi:10.1353/tj.2013.0045. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24580403. 
  8. ↑ Cobb, Jasmine Nichole (2014). "Reviewed work: Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights, Robin Bernstein". Callaloo 37 (2): 461–463. doi:10.1353/cal.2014.0059. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24265023. 
  9. ↑ Racial Innocence webpage. NYU Press. 2026.

Further reading

  • Hemphill, C. Dallett. (2011) Siblings: Brothers and Sisters in American History, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199754052



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