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Jodi Eichler-Levine - Suffer the Little Children: Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature (North American Religions) - 9780814722992 - V9780814722992
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Suffer the Little Children: Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature (North American Religions)

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Description for Suffer the Little Children: Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature (North American Religions) Hardcover. This compelling work examines classic and contemporary Jewish and African American children's literature Series: North American Religions Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.

Examines classic and contemporary Jewish and African American children’s literature
Through close readings of selected titles published since 1945, Jodi Eichler-Levine analyzes what is at stake in portraying religious history for young people, particularly when the histories in question are traumatic ones. In the wake of the Holocaust and lynchings, of the Middle Passage and flight from Eastern Europe's pogroms, children’s literature provides diverse and complicated responses to the challenge of representing difficult
collective pasts.
In reading the work of various prominent authors, including Maurice Sendak, Julius Lester, Jane Yolen, Sydney Taylor, and Virginia Hamilton, Eichler-Levine changes ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
North American Religions Series
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814722992
SKU
V9780814722992
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-14

About Jodi Eichler-Levine
Jodi Eichler-Levine is Berman Professor of Jewish Civilization at Lehigh University. She is the author of Painted Pomegranates and Needlepoint Rabbis: How Jews Craft Resilience and Create Community (UNC Press, 2020) and Suffer the Little Children: uses of the Past In Jewish and African American Children’s Literature (NYU Press, 2013).

Reviews for Suffer the Little Children: Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature (North American Religions)
Exhibits an impressive command of multiple disciplines to offer a compelling of reading of Jewish and African American childrens literatures. . . . Eichler-Levine's close readings of youth literatures and reader responses are always clear and often delightful as she deftly works at the crossroads, providing new signposts for navigating vexing questions at the intersections of religion, citizenship, trauma, and ... Read more

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