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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778136103321

Autore

Wilkin Binnie Tate <1933->

Titolo

African and African American images in Newbery Award winning titles [[electronic resource] ] : progress in portrayals / / Binnie Tate Wilkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-52136-5

9786612521362

0-8108-6960-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/352996073

Soggetti

Children's literature - History and criticism

African Americans in literature

Africans in literature

Newbery Medal

Africa In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Background and Analysis; General Analysis of Newbery Titles in Historical Context, 1922-2009; Reviews: Newbery Titles with African or African American Images; Reviews: Ancillary Titles; Reviews: Other Newbery Award Winners; Newbery Author List; Newbery Title List; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In Images of Africans and African Americans in Newbery Award Winning Titles: Progress in Portrayals, Binnie Tate Wilkin provides a historical and contextual examination of those titles that have won or been nominated for the nation's most prestigious award for children's literature. Wilkin explores the depictions of African and African American characters in these novels and illuminates the progressive quality of such representations.