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From: Nancy Bo Flood <wflood_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:50:01 -0700
Thank you, Susanna,
and also thank you for your comments posted on Through the Tollbooth. Deb by Dahl Edwardson and I both are trying to emphasize that "many voices, many perspectives" are needed as well as an awareness and sensitivity about stereotypes or the cas ual use of images and caricatures. I hope we can learn from the attempts and struggles of artists that have preceded us rather than either to simply repeat, copy, or condemn. Man y books are needed that look more honestly, accurately and deeply at Amer ican history, people, and cultures, written as inclusive rather than only from the viewpoint of the dominant culture of the time. Or based on on ly secondary sources.
I suggest the same is important regarding reviews. Many "sets of eyes," many different perspectives help us all see more clearly. Nancy Bo Flood
wflood_at_hotmail.com www.nancyboflood.com
Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons, Children's Choice, ALA Notable Social Science Book, Arizona Book of the Year
Sand to Stone, the Life Cycle of Sandstone Warriors in the Crossfire NEWYoung Adult novel set on the island of Saipan during WWII
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:27:42 -0500 From: reichgolio_at_verizon.net Subject: Re:
Reviewing authenticity To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
During the process of writing my recent book, Painting the Wild Frontier: The Art and Adventures of George Catlin (Clarion, 2008), I became acutely aware of issues of cultural appropriation, stereotyping, and prejudice in regard to Native Americans. I decided to directly address this in the book, as well as in interviews on Mitali Perkin's blog and elsewhere. In the 19th century, Catlin's paintings, books, and lectures helped create some of the stereotypes that still exist today. At the same time, he left us with an invaluable visual and verbal record of traditional ways of life. He's a controversial and fascinating figure, and I was very happy that every one of the major trade reviewers zeroed in on the contradictions he embodies, which are so central to my text.
I hope that teachers and librarians will find the book useful as a springboard for discusssions about these issues. And I eagerly await the publication of Louise Erdrich's forthcoming novel for adults, Shadow Tag, in which the main character is writing a dissertation on Catlin.
Susanna Reich
www.susannareich.com
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:50:01 -0700
Thank you, Susanna,
and also thank you for your comments posted on Through the Tollbooth. Deb by Dahl Edwardson and I both are trying to emphasize that "many voices, many perspectives" are needed as well as an awareness and sensitivity about stereotypes or the cas ual use of images and caricatures. I hope we can learn from the attempts and struggles of artists that have preceded us rather than either to simply repeat, copy, or condemn. Man y books are needed that look more honestly, accurately and deeply at Amer ican history, people, and cultures, written as inclusive rather than only from the viewpoint of the dominant culture of the time. Or based on on ly secondary sources.
I suggest the same is important regarding reviews. Many "sets of eyes," many different perspectives help us all see more clearly. Nancy Bo Flood
wflood_at_hotmail.com www.nancyboflood.com
Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons, Children's Choice, ALA Notable Social Science Book, Arizona Book of the Year
Sand to Stone, the Life Cycle of Sandstone Warriors in the Crossfire NEWYoung Adult novel set on the island of Saipan during WWII
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:27:42 -0500 From: reichgolio_at_verizon.net Subject: Re:
Reviewing authenticity To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu
During the process of writing my recent book, Painting the Wild Frontier: The Art and Adventures of George Catlin (Clarion, 2008), I became acutely aware of issues of cultural appropriation, stereotyping, and prejudice in regard to Native Americans. I decided to directly address this in the book, as well as in interviews on Mitali Perkin's blog and elsewhere. In the 19th century, Catlin's paintings, books, and lectures helped create some of the stereotypes that still exist today. At the same time, he left us with an invaluable visual and verbal record of traditional ways of life. He's a controversial and fascinating figure, and I was very happy that every one of the major trade reviewers zeroed in on the contradictions he embodies, which are so central to my text.
I hope that teachers and librarians will find the book useful as a springboard for discusssions about these issues. And I eagerly await the publication of Louise Erdrich's forthcoming novel for adults, Shadow Tag, in which the main character is writing a dissertation on Catlin.
Susanna Reich
www.susannareich.com
---Received on Tue 10 Nov 2009 11:50:01 AM CST
