|aFree within ourselves :|bthe development of African American children's literature /|cRudine Sims Bishop.
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|aWestport, Conn. :|bGreenwood Press,|c2007.
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|axvi, 295 pages, [8] pages of plates :|billustrations ;|c27 cm
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|aunmediated|bn|2rdamedia
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index.
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|tAcknowledgments --|tIntroduction --|g1.|tBefore 1900 : sowing the seeds of African American children's literature --|g2.|tFor the children of the sun : African American children's literature begins to bloom --|g3.|tBreaking new ground : Arna Bontemps and some of his contemporaries --|g4.|t"Give them back their own souls" : change and the need for change --|g5.|tAfrican American poetry for children : soft Black songs --|g6.|tAfrican American picture books take shape : authenticating the worlds of Black children --|g7.|tAfrican American picture books expand : celebrating the past, reflecting the present --|g8.|tAfrican American illustrators of children's books : nine pacesetters --|g9.|tNewer African American illustrators : expanding possibilities, maintaining traditions --|g10.|tAfrican American children's fiction : illuminating the life of the people --|g11.|tAfrican American contemporary realistic fiction : focus on teens and preteens --|g12.|tAfrican American historical fiction : telling a people's story --|tsome concluding thoughts --|tReferences --|tIndex.
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|aPresents a history of African American literature for children from its beginnings in the oral culture of the slaves of the South to the initial church works of the nineteenth century and its full emergence as a literature following the Harlem Renaissance.
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|aAmerican literature|xAfrican American authors|xHistory and criticism.
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|aChildren's literature, American|xHistory and criticism.
內容簡介top Free Within Ourselves 簡介 Presents a history of African American literature for children from its beginnings in the oral culture of the slaves of the South to the initial church works of the nineteenth century and its full emergence as a literature following the Harlem Renaissance.