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Children's Publishing and Black Britain, 1965-2015
Karen Sands-O'Connor
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Description for Children's Publishing and Black Britain, 1965-2015
Hardback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSY; JFSL3; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book examines a critical period in British children’s publishing, from the earliest days of dedicated publishing firms for Black British audiences to the beginnings of the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK. Taking a historical approach that includes education acts, Black protest, community publishing and children’s literature prizes, the study investigates the motivation behind both independent and mainstream publishing firm decisions to produce books for a specifically Black British audience. Beginning with a consideration of early reading schemes that incorporated Black and Asian characters, the book continues with a history of one of the earliest presses to publish ... Read more
This book examines a critical period in British children’s publishing, from the earliest days of dedicated publishing firms for Black British audiences to the beginnings of the Black Lives Matter movement in the UK. Taking a historical approach that includes education acts, Black protest, community publishing and children’s literature prizes, the study investigates the motivation behind both independent and mainstream publishing firm decisions to produce books for a specifically Black British audience. Beginning with a consideration of early reading schemes that incorporated Black and Asian characters, the book continues with a history of one of the earliest presses to publish ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Condition
New
Series
Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
Number of Pages
197
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137579034
SKU
V9781137579034
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Ref
99-15
About Karen Sands-O'Connor
Karen Sands-O’Connor is Professor of English at SUNY Buffalo State, USA, and Leverhulme Visiting Professor at Newcastle University, UK. She publishes widely on race, racism, and children’s literature, most notably in Soon Come Home to this Island: West Indians in British Children’s Literature (2008) and her edited collection with Marietta Frank, Internationalism in Children’s Series (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
Reviews for Children's Publishing and Black Britain, 1965-2015
“Sands-O’Connor has made a brilliant contribution, and her study is bound to become a reference point for any further exploration into British publishing for a diverse market.” (Susanne Reichl, libri liberorum, Vol. 20 (51), 2019)