Soon Come Home to This Island : West Indians in British Children's Literature
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Children's Literature and Culture
ISBN-10
0415976308
ISBN-13
9780415976305
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 26th, 2007
Print length
258 Pages
Weight
640 grams
Product Classification:
Children’s & teenage literature studies
Ksh 28,800.00
Werezi Extended Catalogue
Delivery in 28 days
Delivery Location
Delivery fee: Select location
Delivery in 28 days
Secure
Quality
Fast
Soon Come Home to This Island traces the representation of West Indian characters in British children's literature from 1700 to today, challenging traditional notions of British children's literature as mono-cultural by illuminating the contributions of colonial and postcolonial-era Black British writers.
Soon Come Home to This Island traces the representation of West Indian characters in British children''s literature from 1700 to today. This book challenges traditional notions of British children''s literature as mono-cultural by illuminating the contributions of colonial and postcolonial-era Black British writers. The author examines the varying depictions of West Indian islands and peoples in a wide range of picture books, novels, textbooks, and popular periodicals published over the course of more than 300 years. An excellent resource for any children''s literature student or scholar, the book includes a chronological bibliography of primary source material that includes West Indian characters and twenty black-and-white illustrations that chart the changes in visual representations of West Indians over time.
Get Soon Come Home to This Island by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by Taylor & Francis Ltd and it has pages.
