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Tobe: A Critical Edition New Views on a Children's Classic / original text by Stella Gentry Sharpe ; photographs by Charles A. Farrell ; edited by Benjamin Filene.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sharpe, Stella Gentry, author.
Contributor:
Filene, Benjamin, editor.
Farrell, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1893-1977, illustrator.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
African American families--North Carolina--Juvenile fiction.
African American families.
African American farmers--North Carolina--Juvenile fiction.
African American farmers.
African American children--North Carolina--Juvenile fiction.
African American children.
Sharpe, Stella Gentry--Criticism and interpretation.
Sharpe, Stella Gentry. Tobe.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (186 pages)
Edition:
1.
Manufacture:
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
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.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
979-88-908435-3-1
979-88-908435-4-8
1-4696-5419-9
OCLC:
1118692180

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