Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Camille OwensSeries:Performance and American Cultures #5Publish date:2024-07-30Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479812929ISBN-10:1479812927UPC:9781479812929Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Race & Ethnic Relations, Black Studies (Global)Size:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC6682EQNF
Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America
A new history of manhood, race, and hierarchy in American childhood
Like Children argues that the child has been the key figure giving measure and meaning to the human in thought and culture since the early American period. Camille Owens demonstrates that white men's power at the top of humanism's order has depended on those at the bottom. As Owens shows, it was childhood's modern arc--from...Series: Performance and American Cultures #5
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479812929ISBN-10:1479812927UPC:9781479812929Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Race & Ethnic Relations, Black Studies (Global)Size:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC6682EQNF
Camille Owens is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at McGill University.
Publisher: New York University Press
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