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Crowned : magical folk and fairy tales from the diaspora

Title
Crowned : magical folk and fairy tales from the diaspora / Kahran and Regis Bethencourt.
Author
Bethencourt, Kahran
Publication
  • New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023.
  • ©2023

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Additional Authors
Bethencourt, Regis
Description
xi, 260 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm
Summary
A collection of reimagined classic fairy tales, African, and African American folktales that bring to life past, present, and future visions of Black culture.
Alternative Title
Magical folk and fairy tales from the diaspora
Subject
  • Fairy tales in art > Pictorial works
  • Tales in art > Pictorial works
  • Legends in art > Pictorial works
  • African Americans in art > Pictorial works
  • Black people in art > Pictorial works
  • Magic > Folklore > Pictorial works
  • Folklore > Africa
  • Black people > Portraits
  • Photography of youth
  • Photography, Artistic
  • Magic
  • Folklore
  • Black people
  • African Americans
  • Fairy tales in art
  • Tales in art
  • Legends in art
  • African Americans in art
  • Black people in art
  • Africa
Genre/Form
  • Folk tales.
  • Fairy tales.
  • Portraits.
  • Folklore.
  • Pictorial works.
Contents
Foreword / by Salamishah Tillet -- Introduction -- Childhood reimagined: classic fairy tales. The little mermaid ; The poisoned apple ; Goldi, the girl with the golden locs ; Asha, the little cinder girl ; Red riding hood ; The frog prince ; Rozi, the sleeping beauty ; Hansel and Gretel ; Rapunzel -- Our stories retold: African and African American folktales. Anansi and the three trials ; The ring of the king ; How the zebra got its stripes ; The legend of Princess Yennenga ; John Henry, the steel-drivin' man ; The cloud princess ; The king's magic drum ; Aku, the sun maker ; King Lion's gifts -- New classics: our stories. Adventures in Candy Land ; The Yumboes : little fairy folk ; The wish ; The princess who lost her hair ; The gold children ; Jaka's dragon ; The skateboarding princess ; The gift ; A force of nature -- Behind the scenes.
Call Number
Sc F 23-390
ISBN
  • 9781250281388
  • 1250281385
  • 9781250281395 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023002018
OCLC
1373844834
Author
Bethencourt, Kahran, author, photographer.
Title
Crowned : magical folk and fairy tales from the diaspora / Kahran and Regis Bethencourt.
Publisher
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2023.
Copyright Date
©2023
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Bethencourt, Regis, author, photographer.
Research Call Number
Sc F 23-390
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