Beginning in the mid nineteenth century in America, childhood became synonymous with innocenceoa reversal of the previously- dominant Calvinist belief that children were depraved, sinful creatures. As the idea of childhood innocence took hold, it became racialized: popular cultu…
"In Racial Innocence, Robin Bernstein argues that the concept of "childhood innocence" has been central to U.S. racial formation since the mid-nineteenth century. Children--white ones imbued with innocence, black ones excluded from it, and others of color erased by it--figured p…
Beginning in the mid nineteenth century in America, childhood became synonymous with innocenceoa reversal of the previously- dominant Calvinist belief that children were depraved, sinful creatures. As the idea of childhood innocence took hold, it became racialized: popular cultu…
A concise companion to American studies
"There is no more masterful guide to the field of American Studies than John Carlos Rowe. In this volume, he brings together some of the most articulate scholars in the field to map out the key issues defining American Studies scholarship at its most exciting and relevant. This …
A Companion to American Studies is an essential volume that brings together voices and scholarship from across the spectrum of American experience.
""There is no more masterful guide to the field of American Studies than John Carlos Rowe. In this volume, he brings together some of the most articulate scholars in the field to map out the key issues defining American Studies scholarship at its most exciting and relevant. This…
A Companion to American Studies is an essential volume that brings together voices and scholarship from across the spectrum of American experience.: A collection of 22 original essays which provides an unprecedented introduction to the "new" American Studies: a comparative, tran…