Tobe : a critical edition : new views on a children's classic / edited by Benjamin Filene ; original text by Stella Gentry Sharpe ; photographs by Charles A. Farrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharpe, Stella Gentry, author.

Contributor:

Farrell, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1893-1977, illustrator.

Filene, Benjamin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sharpe, Stella Gentry. Tobe.

Sharpe, Stella Gentry.

Sharpe, Stella Gentry--Criticism and interpretation.

African American children--North Carolina--Juvenile fiction.

African American children.

African American farmers--North Carolina--Juvenile fiction.

African American farmers.

African American families--North Carolina--Juvenile fiction.

African American families.

North Carolina.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Physical Description:

lv, 121 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

Summary:

"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 the book in the context of its time, and offers thought-provoking ways to read "Tobe" with fresh eyes. 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781469654164

1469654164

9781469654171

1469654172

OCLC:

1112141848