ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores how contemporary picture books about slavery engage with and respond to the historiography of the institution. It presents a critical analysis of how race, gender, and class are represented in picture books about slavery by using a framework that draws on critical race theory (CRT), critical race feminism (CRF), critical multicultural analysis (CMA), and intertextuality. The book offers a specific approach for reading picture books about slavery. This approach can undoubtedly inform the classroom teachings of the texts, encourage readers to reconsider issues connected to noteworthy debates in the historiography of slavery, and show how class, gender, and race work together in these children's books. The book outlines the analytic techniques that are used to analyze the illustrations that appear in the featured picture books.
