Reading Dick and Jane with Me, 1989
Scope and Contents
"Reading Dick and Jane with Me is an artist's book created to interrupt the authority of old elementary school textbooks called The Dick and Jane Readers. These textbooks of the 1940s and 1950s, used to teach reading, presented a white upper middle class suburban family as normal life for most Americans. Although the average American at that time was working class, the artist as a young girl thought these depictions meant that her family must be an aberration outside normal family life. Simple, repetitive sentences are constructed to simulate the rhythm of the old readers. Fragments of snapshots of the artist's brothers and sisters and children from her neighborhood stand in for elementary school students who now 'talk back.'"--from clarissasligh.com
Dates
- Copyright: 1989
Conditions Governing Access
Appointments to examine materials must be made in advance. Please e-mail qc.archives@qc.cuny.edu for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Extent
From the Collection: 2.5 Linear Feet (three document cases and two flat boxes)
From the Collection: 67 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Queens College (New York, N.Y.) Special Collections and Archives Repository
Queens College Library, CUNY
Benjamin Rosenthal Library RO317
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing 11367 USA us
QC.Archives@qc.cuny.edu
