Seeing beyond sameness: Using the giver to challenge colorblind ideology

Children's Literature in Education

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-67

  Lea, Susan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Board of Trustees   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorblind; Fantasy; Lowry; Racism; The Giver

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644891325     PISSN: 00456713     EISSN: 15731693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10583-005-9454-2     Document Type: Review

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