Children's Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
"This readable and informative account... raises issues about the political and social intent of all children’s literature. Essential." —Choice\ During the New Negro Renaissance, African American children’s literature became a crucial medium through which a disparate community forged bonds of cultural, economic, and aesthetic solidarity. Employing interdisciplinary critical strategies, including social, educational, and publishing history, canon-formation theory, and extensive archival...
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Explores the vigorous exchange about the nature and identity of black childhood that took place during the Harlem Renaissance. The author uncovers the networks of African American philosophers, community activists, schoolteachers, and literary artists who worked together to transmit black history and culture to the next generation.
1The emblematic black child : Du Bois's Crisis publications12Creating the past, present, and future : new Negro children's drama533The legacy of the South : revisiting the plantation tradition1074The peacemakers : Carter G. Woodson's circle1635The aesthetics of Black children's literature : Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes229
