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Civilizing the Child
- Discourses of Race, Nation, and Child Welfare in America
Engelsk Paperback
Civilizing the Child
- Discourses of Race, Nation, and Child Welfare in America
Engelsk Paperback

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In Civilizing the Child: Discourses of Race, Nation, and Child Welfare in America, Katherine S. Bullard analyzes the discourse of child welfare advocates who argued for the notion of a racialized ideal child. This ideal child, limited to white, often native-born children, was at the center of arguments for material support to children and education for their parents. This book illuminates important limitations in the Progressive approach to social welfare and helps to explain the current dearth of support for poor children. Civilizing the Child tracks the growing social concern with children in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. The author uses seminal figures and institutions to look at the origins of the welfare state. Chapters focus on Charles Loring Brace, Jacob Riis, residents of the Hull House Settlement, and the staff of U.S. Children’s Bureau, analyzing their work to unpack the assumptions about American identity that made certain children belong and others remain outsiders. Bullard traces the ways in which child welfare advocates used racialized language and emphasized the “civilizing mission” to argue for support of white native-born children. This language focused on the future citizenship of some children as an argument for their support and protection.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
158
ISBN-13:
9781498525404
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1498525407
Udg. Dato:
15 okt 2015
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
230mm
Forlag:
Lexington Books
Oplagsdato:
15 okt 2015
Forfatter(e):
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