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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse_at_wisc.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:50:17 -0600
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:50:17 -0600
On Feb. 23, Norma Jean
sent a message labeled "Purity" in which she referred to the
Jane Addams Children's Book Award. I encourage everyone
interested in finding out more about this award for children's
books with peace/justice themes & topics to locate and read
Susan C. Griffith's splendid, scholarly book "The Jane Addams
Children's Book Award" (Scarecrow Press, 2013). There's
extensive information about Jane Addams, a chapter about the
book "The Cay" and an annotated bibliography of award and honor
books (1953 - 2012) with peace/justice themes and topics. Full
disclosure: Susan was on the CCBC staff for seven or so years
beginning in 1976, and KT Horning, the CCBC and I are cited in
the acknowledgements.
Many thanks to especially to Tim, and to Lee, Jeanne, Debbie, Norma Jean, Lyn and everyone else who has been willing to share information, ideas, and personal experiences - and to step forward in a medium without body language to assist conversation and book discussion. Particular thanks to Elizabeth for so articulately pointing out that knowledge of white culture is pervasive
(below); her post is worth considerable reflection if that's a new idea. I remember a remark by the late Virginia Hamilton who referred to the currently dominate population. Talk about a new idea for yours truly. Sally, it's never too late...
Peace,
Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse (former chair, Jane Addams Children's Book Award)
Emerita Director, The CCBC, School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison
gmkruse@wisc.edu
On 2/21/2014 6:01 PM, Ehbluemle wrote:
Many thanks to especially to Tim, and to Lee, Jeanne, Debbie, Norma Jean, Lyn and everyone else who has been willing to share information, ideas, and personal experiences - and to step forward in a medium without body language to assist conversation and book discussion. Particular thanks to Elizabeth for so articulately pointing out that knowledge of white culture is pervasive
(below); her post is worth considerable reflection if that's a new idea. I remember a remark by the late Virginia Hamilton who referred to the currently dominate population. Talk about a new idea for yours truly. Sally, it's never too late...
Peace,
Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse (former chair, Jane Addams Children's Book Award)
Emerita Director, The CCBC, School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison
gmkruse@wisc.edu
On 2/21/2014 6:01 PM, Ehbluemle wrote:
The point I take from this conversation, and from many similar frank conversations with friends, is that majority- or dominant-culture members need to work much harder to have a nuanced, deep understanding of other cultures than the reverse, simply because majority/dominant culture is so pervasive, it is the pool in which EVERYONE in the culture must swim. The imagery is familiar, the pop culture ubiquitous, the examples of a variety of dominant-culture narratives legion. There is no danger of a single white story in this country; the idea is laughable because we have so many examples from which to choose. This is of course not true in the reverse. Would that it were laughable to say that about representations of other experiences in this country! Wouldn't it be amazing to have thousands of books about children of other heritages? So, the *very* broad brush stroke of this idea is that it is likely to be easier for, say, a black author to write a convincing white character (convincing to white, i.e., cross-culture, audiences) than the reverse, simply because you cannot grow up in this country without being steeped in white culture. White culture is to a great extent familiar territory. The reverse just isn't true, so for dominant-culture writers to inhabit their characters in a way that resonates for readers of the culture being written about requires enormous time, sensitivity, awareness, and personal familiarity with that culture. Apologies for any muddiness, or if I have just made the same point three different ways. Tired brain at the end of a very long week! Sincerely, Elizabeth
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