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Black children's literature got de blues : the creativity of Black writers & illustrators / Nancy D. Tolson.
- Title
- Black children's literature got de blues : the creativity of Black writers & illustrators / Nancy D. Tolson.
- Author
- Tolson, Nancy
- Publication
- New York : Peter Lang, c2008.
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- Description
- xi, 116 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Here is an exploration of the blues aesthetic that reflects the literary work created by Black authors and illustrators for the Black child reader. This book examines literature written for Black children, using critical and creative writings - by artists, scholars, and critics - that define the blues within Black "adult" literature, poetry, and the visual arts. The book identifies Black children's literature published in the past forty years by authors and illustrators who can be classified as blues artists, and whose work reflects social, political, economical, and historical developments of the Black experience throughout the United States.
- Referencing work created by Jacqueline Woodson, Walter Dean Myers, John Steptoe, Tom Feelings, Sherley Anne Williams, and others, this book demonstrates how the blues aesthetic now includes the literature dedicated to Black children."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- African American literature and culture : expanding and exploding the boundaries, 1528-3887 ; v. 11
- Uniform Title
- African-American literature and culture v. 11.
- Subject
- Geschichte 1930-2004
- American literature > History and criticism
- Children's literature, American > History and criticism
- Children's literature, American > Illustrations
- African American authors > Aesthetics
- African American illustrators > Aesthetics
- African Americans > Race identity
- Melancholy in literature
- Sadness in literature
- African American children in literature
- African Americans in literature
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-112) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction : the blues understood -- Youthful blues -- A blues collection -- Children at the junction -- Blues poetry -- A blues ending.
- ISBN
- 9780820463322 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2007051202
- OCLC
- 183928722
- SCSB-12768697
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library