My First Rhetoric of Domination: The Columbian Encounter in Children's Biographies.

Gardner, Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ442680

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Publication Date: 1991

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My First Rhetoric of Domination: The Columbian Encounter in Children's Biographies.

Gardner, Susan

Children's Literature in Education, v22 n4 p275-90 Dec 1991

Illustrates how, in far too many ways, biographies of Christopher Columbus for young children have not changed much since the fourth centennial of Columbus' landfall. Asserts that the books are predominantly white, are addressed to whites, and exclude women. (PRA)

Descriptors: Biographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, North American History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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