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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Schäffer, Christina
Titre(s) : The brownies' book [Texte électronique] : inspiring racial pride in African-American children / Christina Schäffer
Publication : Frankfurt am Main : Lang, [2012]
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (536 pages.)
Collection : Mainzer Studien zur Amerikanistik
Note(s) : Thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Mainz, 2012.
Sujet(s) : Enfants noirs américains -- Identité collective
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783653019018
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44207318z
Notice n° :
FRBNF44207318
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Genesis of a Magazine for the
Children of the Sun; 2.1 Educating Future Race Leaders: Du Bois and African-American
Youth; 2.2 Making Space for the Young in The Crisis: The "Children's Number"; 2.3
Preparatory Steps Towards the Publication of The Brownies' Book; 2.3.1 Inviting More
Team Members on Board: The Roles of Jessie Fauset and Augustus Granville Dill; 2.3.2
Getting Started: "The True Brownies" as Manifesto of The Brownies' Book; 2.4 The Birth
of The Brownies' Book: Synopsis of the First Issue.
3 Taking Pride in Being Black: Strategies of Composing an African-American Children's
Magazine3.1 Combining Forces: The Brownies' Book as Collective Venture; 3.1.1 The
Contributors: Writers, Artists, and Photographers; 3.1.2 The Audience; 3.2 The Brownies'
Book as a Multifaceted Collage: A Descriptive Analysis; 3.2.1 Incorporation of Different
Genres: Written Contributions; 3.2.1.1 Discursive Prose Contributions; 3.2.1.2 Fictional
Prose Contributions: Fantasy and Realistic Fiction; 3.2.1.3 Lyrical Contributions:
Poems; 3.2.1.4 Dramatic Contributions: One-Act Plays.
3.2.1.5 A Game Section for More Than Mere Entertainment: "Playtime"3.2.2 Fostering
the Arts: Pictorial and Photographic Contributions; 3.2.3 The Role of Advertisement;
3.3 Analysis of the Language: The Rhetoric of The Brownies' Book; 4 Countering White
Supremacist Attitudes: The Construction of New Images; 4.1 Racial Discourse in Literature
for Children; 4.2 The Beauty of Blackness; 4.3 The Glory of Learning; 4.4 The Cultivated
Black Child: Culture, Refinement, Health, Ethics, and Religion; 4.5 Depictions of
the African-American Family and Community; 4.6 Portrayal of Whites.
5 In Search of a Usable Past: Possible Roots for Racial Pride5.1 The Significance
of a Black Historical Consciousness: Creating an African-American Memory Culture;
5.2 "What is Africa to Me": The Richness of the African Heritage; 5.3 The Integration
of Cultural Traumas into the Black Collective Memory; 5.3.1 The Role of Slavery --
More than Just a Story of Victimization?; 5.3.2 African-American History After Reconstruction:
Lynching and Racism; 5.4 The Heritage of the South; 5.5 Appropriations of European
Traditions and Incorporation of African-Americans in American Mainstream Culture.
5.6 The Importance of Black Heroism and Iconicity5.6.1 Filling the Blind Spots of
Human History: Du Bois and Hero-Worship; 5.6.2 Hero-Worship in The Brownies' Book;
5.6.2.1 Creating a Black Ancestral Portrait Gallery for Young African-Americans; 5.6.2.2
Markers of Black Heroism as Presented in The Brownies' Book; 5.6.2.3 Treatment of
White Heroism: An Integrative Approach; 5.7 Africa, America, and the World: The Three
Dimensions of The Brownies' Book; 6 The Brownies' Book and Beyond; 6.1 Demise of The
Brownies' Book.
