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Ten little white folk

Title

Ten little white folk

Creator

Hanel, Shawna

Description

In 1868, Septimus Winner penned the song 'Ten little Injuns' based upon an 1850's minstrel act. Eventually, an abbreviated version became a popular contemporary nursery rhyme. My parents, in 1974, purchased 'The giant golden Mother Goose' for their already bookwormish toddler. As a child, I adored 'Ten little Injuns'. However, rereading the text as a forty-something adult eviscerated any affinity I had for the nursery rhyme and ultimately inspired me to create this revised 2014 edition. For the new version, I replaced every instance of the term 'Injun' with 'White Folk'. I also exchanged every illustration of an Indian with photographs of white characters from neighboring pages. My hope is that this effort clearly demonstrates the depths to which historical racism permeates modern material culture and points to a future in which genocide and assimilation can no longer masquerade as children's literature -- Colophon

Date

2014

Publisher

Boise : Shawna Hanel

Subject

Artists' books--United States--Specimens
Nursery rhymes in art

Language

English

Physical Description

22 unnumbered pages : color illustrations 11 cm

Barcode

39362050815926

Location

Art Limited Access Micro

Call Number

N7433.4.H3566 T46 2014

How to Cite

Hanel, Shawna, “Ten little white folk,” Artists' Books, accessed March 28, 2024, https://artistsbooks.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/7304.