Racial Innocence

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. JSTOR 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. JSTOR 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. JSTOR 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. JSTOR 24485540.
  5. ↑ Chinn, Sarah E. (2012). "Racialized Things". American Quarterly. 64 (4): 873–883. doi:10.1353/aq.2012.0047. JSTOR 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. JSTOR 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. JSTOR 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. JSTOR 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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