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Representing Africa in children's literature : old and new ways of seeing
- Title
- Representing Africa in children's literature : old and new ways of seeing / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw.
- Author
- Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian S.
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 2008.
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Details
- Description
- xx, 142 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Children's literature and culture
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-135) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Image making and children's books. Images of West Africa in children's books : replacing old stereotypes with new ones? -- Illustrations and the messages they convey : African culture in picture books -- The "typical" West African village stories -- pt. 2. Growing up African and female in children's books. Religion and childhood in two African communities : Ogot's "The rain came" and Adichie's Purple hibiscus -- Revising traditional practices in two picturebook versions of African folktales -- African girls' sexuality in selected fiction for young adults -- Individual vs. communal healing : three African females' attempts at constructing unique identities -- pt. 3. Reading African cultural survival in children's books. Reading images of resistance in Tom Feelings' The middle passage -- African sites of memory in African-American children's literature -- Afterword. When illustrations by Africans lack visual appeal, how should African readers react? -- Authenticity, hybridity, and literature about African children.
- Call Number
- Sc E 08-325
- ISBN
- 9780415974684 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0415974682 (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007017603
- OCLC
- 124031840
- Author
- Yenika-Agbaw, Vivian S.
- Title
- Representing Africa in children's literature : old and new ways of seeing / Vivian Yenika-Agbaw.
- Imprint
- New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Series
- Children's literature and culture
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-135) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 08-325