The Greatest Lie(s) Ever Told: Rush Limbaugh and the White Supremacist Blueprint in Middle Grades Historical Fiction

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      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      33
    • Education Level:
      Junior High Schools
      Middle Schools
      Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Childrens Literature; Fiction; History; Misinformation; Propaganda; Power Structure; Advantaged; Whites; Racism; Political Attitudes; Social Studies; Nationalism; Ideology; Deception; Media Literacy; Critical Theory; Middle Schools
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/00933104.2023.2245784
    • ISSN:
      0093-3104
      2163-1654
    • Abstract:
      U.S. libraries and classrooms are under siege by private and governmental entities working to simultaneously ban/remove justice-focused literature and inundate these spaces with reactionary/ultra-conservative materials. It is within this educational crisis that we conducted a critical content analysis of the award-winning, best-selling historical fiction series, "Rush Revere: Time Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans" by Rush Limbaugh. The analysis worked to answer two central research questions: How does the "Rush Revere" series promote white lies about U.S. history? and What curricular violence is enacted through the "Rush Revere" series? Findings illuminate how each book individually centralizes an aspect of white supremacy exceptionalism, capitalism, militarism, patriotism, paternalism - that collectively then creates the infrastructure to indoctrinate young readers into white supremacist ideology.
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    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1414265