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Once upon a time in a diffe...
Once Upon a Time in a Different World, a unique addition to the celebrated Children's Literature and Culture series, seeks to move discussions and treatments of ideas in African America Children's literature from the margins to the forefront of literary discourse. Looking at a variety of topics, including the moralities of heterosexism, the veneration of literacy, and the ""politics of hair,"" Neal A. Lester provides a scholarly and accessible compilation of essays that will serve as an invaluable resource for parents, students, and educators. The much-needed reexamination of African American
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monografia Rebiun33484518 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun33484518 m o d | cr -n--------- 060616s2006 nyu o 000 0 eng d 2006020261 1-281-12212-2 1-135-86165-X 1-281-39408-4 9786611394080 9786611122126 0-203-94076-8 UAM 991008245704004211 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng 809.89282 809/.89282/08996 Lester, Neal A. Once upon a time in a different world electronic resource] :] issues and ideas in African American children's literature Neal Lester New York Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group 2006 New York New York Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group 1 online resource (305 p.) 1 online resource (305 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Children's literature and culture v. 42 Description based upon print version of record BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PERMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Moistening the Desert Landscapes; PART I A "Call-and-Response" Conversation; 1 (UN)HAPPILY EVER AFTER: Fairy Tale Morals, Moralities, and Heterosexism in Children's Texts; 2 "LIFE FOR ME AIN'T BEEN NO CRYSTAL STAIR": Readin', Writin', and Parental (il)Literacy in African American Children's Books; 3 "STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES": Airbrushing the Ugliest of Ugly in African American Children's Books 4 NAPPY EDGES AND GOLDY LOCKS: African American Daughters and the Politics of Hair5 ROOTS THAT GO BEYOND BIG HAIR AND A BAD HAIR DAY: Nappy Hair Pieces; 6 DON'T CONDEMN WHITE TEACHER OVER: NAPPY HAIR (AN EDITORIAL); 7 ANGELS OF COLOR: Divinely inspired or Socially Constructed?; 8 "DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?": Becoming Better Adults through Toni Morrison's The Big Box and The Book of Mean People; PART II Dialoguing Reviews; 9 REVIEWS OF ANNE SCHRAFF'S: LOST AND FOUND; 10 REVIEWS OF ANNE SCHRAFF'S: A MATTER OF TRUST; 11 REVIEWS OF ANNE SCHRAFF'S: UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN 12 REVIEW OF ELIZA A. COMODROMOS'S: TEACHER'S GUIDE TO THE BLUFORD SERIES13 REVIEW OF WALTER DEAN MYERS'S THE BEAST; 14 REVIEWS OF ANGELA JOHNSON'S THE FIRST PART LAST; 15 REVIEWS OF KELLY MCWILLIAMS'S DOORMAT; 16 RESPONSE TO "DIALOGUING REVIEWS": Parents, It's 10:00-Do you Know What Your Children are Reading?; PART III Extending Discourses; 17 UNLOCKING THE BEAUTY OF HAIR: A Review of Joyce Carol Thomas's Crowning Glory; 18 NAPPY HAPPY: A Review of bell hooks's Happy to Be Nappy; 19 "SHAKE IT TO THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE THE BEST": A Review of Juba This & Juba That 20 RESPONSE TO "EXTENDING DISCOURSES"AFTERWORD; NOTES; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; WORKS CITED; CHILDREN'S LITERATURE AND CULTURE; INDEX Once Upon a Time in a Different World, a unique addition to the celebrated Children's Literature and Culture series, seeks to move discussions and treatments of ideas in African America Children's literature from the margins to the forefront of literary discourse. Looking at a variety of topics, including the moralities of heterosexism, the veneration of literacy, and the ""politics of hair,"" Neal A. Lester provides a scholarly and accessible compilation of essays that will serve as an invaluable resource for parents, students, and educators. The much-needed reexamination of African American English American literature- African American authors- History and criticism Children's literature, American- History and criticism African American children- Books and reading African American children in literature African Americans in literature Electronic books 0-415-80910-X 0-415-98019-4 Children's literature and culture v. 42