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
Rights
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.