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Peer reviewedKissen, Rita M. – Children's Literature in Education, 1991
Examines the image of the Arab in children's fiction to illuminate attitudes which have prevented U.S. Jews and non-Jews from seeing Palestinians as human beings. Finds that the Arab and Jewish children are not portrayed as equals. (PRA)
Descriptors: Arabs, Childrens Literature, Cultural Images, Elementary Education
Download full textKissen, Rita M. – 1990
During the past 40 years, several generations of American children have grown up with the Nation of Israel as a historical reality. Whether Jewish or Gentile, juvenile readers have absorbed a version of the story that recapitulates in modern dress the biblical story of the children of Hagar and Sarah, reinforced by American attitudes toward people…
Descriptors: Arabs, Childrens Literature, Cultural Differences, Cultural Images
