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Decoding Anti-Blackness in Children's Literature: A Century-Long Content Analysis of John Newbery Medal Award Books the Underrepresentation of Black Authors and Its Implications for Critical Librarianship

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Titel: Decoding Anti-Blackness in Children's Literature: A Century-Long Content Analysis of John Newbery Medal Award Books the Underrepresentation of Black Authors and Its Implications for Critical Librarianship
Weitere Verfasser: Kaaba, Vashalice (author), Gross, Melissa (professor directing dissertation), Gaines, Alisha (university representative), Kazmer, Michelle M. (committee member), Latham, Don, 1959- (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Communication and Information (degree granting college), School of Information (degree granting department)
Verlagsinformationen: Florida State University
Publikationsjahr: 2024
Bestand: Florida State University: DigiNole Commons
Schlagwörter: Library science, Information science
Beschreibung: This dissertation explores the representation of Black authors in the corpus of Newbery Award-winning books from its inception in 1922 to 2023, aiming to uncover how racial themes, particularly anti-blackness, are portrayed in these recognized works. Employing Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Critical Librarianship as its theoretical frameworks, this research utilizes a mixed-methods approach, combining manual and digital coding to dissect themes of race, identity, empowerment, and intersectionality. The analysis meticulously examines six key themes: anti-blackness, racial identity, empowerment and resistance, community and family, intersectionality, and cultural representation, alongside the overarching portrayal of Black characters within these narratives. Through a detailed thematic evaluation, this study identifies a persisting presence of anti-blackness ranging from overt discrimination to subtler forms of racial biases, indicating a slow evolution in the portrayal of complex racial identities over time. Furthermore, the limited number of Black authors who have received the Newbery Award highlights significant racial disparities within this prestigious recognition, underscoring systemic biases in literary accolades. A meticulous review of the texts reveals the progression from explicit portrayals of racism to more nuanced explorations of racial identity and intersectionality, examining how Black authors navigate these themes within the constraints of societal expectations and literary recognition. The themes of community and family, cultural representation, and empowerment and resistance are explored in depth, illustrating how they interweave with experiences of anti-blackness to shape the narratives of Black characters. This research acknowledges the limitations of its focus solely on Newbery Award winners, proposing that future studies include a broader range of literary awards and non-award-winning books to capture a more comprehensive view of racial representation in children's literature. Such expansion ...
Publikationsart: doctoral or postdoctoral thesis
Dateibeschreibung: computer; online resource; 1 online resource (322 pages); application/pdf
Sprache: English
Relation: fsu:1006712; iid: Kaaba_fsu_0071E_19156
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Abstract:This dissertation explores the representation of Black authors in the corpus of Newbery Award-winning books from its inception in 1922 to 2023, aiming to uncover how racial themes, particularly anti-blackness, are portrayed in these recognized works. Employing Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Critical Librarianship as its theoretical frameworks, this research utilizes a mixed-methods approach, combining manual and digital coding to dissect themes of race, identity, empowerment, and intersectionality. The analysis meticulously examines six key themes: anti-blackness, racial identity, empowerment and resistance, community and family, intersectionality, and cultural representation, alongside the overarching portrayal of Black characters within these narratives. Through a detailed thematic evaluation, this study identifies a persisting presence of anti-blackness ranging from overt discrimination to subtler forms of racial biases, indicating a slow evolution in the portrayal of complex racial identities over time. Furthermore, the limited number of Black authors who have received the Newbery Award highlights significant racial disparities within this prestigious recognition, underscoring systemic biases in literary accolades. A meticulous review of the texts reveals the progression from explicit portrayals of racism to more nuanced explorations of racial identity and intersectionality, examining how Black authors navigate these themes within the constraints of societal expectations and literary recognition. The themes of community and family, cultural representation, and empowerment and resistance are explored in depth, illustrating how they interweave with experiences of anti-blackness to shape the narratives of Black characters. This research acknowledges the limitations of its focus solely on Newbery Award winners, proposing that future studies include a broader range of literary awards and non-award-winning books to capture a more comprehensive view of racial representation in children's literature. Such expansion ...