Why does no one in my books look like me? : Tobe and ongoing questions about race, representation, and identity / edited by Ashli Quesinberry Stokes.
| Other author | Stokes, Ashli Quesinberry, editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Charlotte, NC : UNC Charlotte Center for the Study of the New South, [2018] |
| Copyright Date | ©2018 |
| Description | x, 95 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction to the Tobe Book Club experience / Nancy A. Gutierrez -- Tobe: The Center for the Study of the New South, Charlotte Teachers Institute, and a remarkable event / Scott Gartlan and Ashli Q. Stokes -- Introducing Tobe to new audiences / Benjamin Filene -- Book club discussion questions and essay overview -- Participants by discussion table -- Essay 1: Why this book?: Authorship, genre, and reader reception in Tobe / Janaka B. Lewis -- Essay 2: Tobe: reflections on race, representation, and identity / Jennifer Woods Parker -- Essay 3: Tobe or to be: a good and noble idea meets rural realities in 1930s North Carolina / Richard A. Lancaster -- Essay 4: The search for identity: exploring representations of Black culture through Tobe / Anthony Ellis -- Essay 5: Illustrations or documentation? / Micah Cash -- Essay 6: Reflections: memory, representation, and change / Kyra A. Kietrys -- Essay 7: Tobe: race, representation, identity, and a need "to be" / Debra C. Smith -- Essay 8: Tobe, Dick and Jane: rereading the American primer / Cheryl Butler-Brayboy -- Essay 9: In search of a better mirror: race, representation, and identity / Deborah Jung -- Essay 10: Tobe: perspectives and themes / Tisha Greene. |
| General note | "An essay collection compiled from the Center for the Study of the New South and Charlotte Teachers Institute First Annual Book Club Experience." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Why does no one in my books look like me? Charlotte, NC : UNC Charlotte Center for the Study of the New South, [2018] 9781469641683 |
| ISBN | 9781469642505 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 1469642506 (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |