Tobe : New Views on a Children's Classic, Paperback by Sharpe, Stella Gentry;...

by Benjamin Filene

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Tobe : New Views on a Children's Classic, Paperback by Sharpe, Stella Gentry; Filene, Benjamin (EDT); Farrell, Charles A. (PHT), ISBN 1469654172, ISBN-13 9781469654171, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US When UNC Press published Stella Gentry Sharpe's Tobe in 1939, it was hailed as one of the first children's books to offer a dignified portrayal of an African American child and his family. Today, the power of Tobe lies as much in the questions it raises: Whose story gets told? Who gets to tell it? How do stories shape how we see ourselves and each other? This volume reproduces the original volume's text and images, places th in the context of its time, and offers thought-provoking ways to read Tobe with fresh eyes. Benjamin Filene explores th as a story told in words, as a world constructed through photographs, as a chapter in the history of juvenile literature, and (through interviews with the people photographed and their descendants) as a window into community memory. Encouraging close readings and second looks, Filene presents a project kit for exploring a historical text, yielding surprising insights. This new edition of a children's classic opens up questions of race, voice, and power in ways that encourage fruitful conversation and resist easy answers.

• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Year: 2019
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9781469654171
• Condition: Fine

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