Brown gold : milestones of African American children's picture books, 1845-2002 / by Michelle H. Martin.

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Martin, Michelle H., 1966- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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New York : Routledge, 2004.
Description
xxi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    "Brown Gold is a history and analysis of African-American children's picture books from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. At the turn of the nineteenth century, good children's books about black life were hard to find - if, indeed, young black readers and their parents could even gain entry into the bookstores and libraries at the time. But today, in the "Golden Age" of Africa-American children's picture books, one can find a wealth of titles ranging from Happy to be Nappy to Black is Brown is Tan."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-221) and index.
    Contents
    • "Hey, Who's the Kid with the Green Umbrella?": a Re-evaluation of Little Black Sambo and the Black-a-moor
    • From Ten Little Niggers to Afro-Bets: Images of Blackness in Picture Books for Young Readers, 1870s to 2000s
    • The Influence of the Black Arts Movement on African American Children's Picture Books
    • Pushing the Boundaries: The Coretta Scott King Award Picture Books
    • From Margin to Center: African American Artistic Legacies Shaping the Genre
    • Historical America through the Eyes of the Black Child
    • "Just Build Me a Cabin the Corner of Glory Land": Depictions of Heaven in African American Children's Picture Books
    • "Ain't I Fine?": Black Modes of Discourse in Contemporary African American Children's Picture Books
    • "Why Are We Reading This Stuff?": A Pedagogy of Teaching African American Children's Picture Books.
    ISBN
    • 0415938570 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780415938570 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780415646277 ((paperback))
    • 0415646278 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2003017568
    OCLC
    52895254
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