Suffer the Little Children : : Uses of the Past in Jewish and African American Children's Literature / / Jodi Eichler-Levine.
Thiscompelling work examines classic and contemporary Jewish and African Americanchildren’s literature. Through close readings of selected titles publishedsince 1945, Jodi Eichler-Levine analyzes what is at stake in portraying religioushistory for young people, particularly when the histories in que...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | North American Religions ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 9 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- A Word about Language
- 1. Remembering the Way into Membership
- Part I: Crossing and Dwelling
- Afterlives of Moses and Miriam
- 2. The Unbearable Lightness of Exodus
- 3. Dwelling in Chosen Nostalgia
- Part II: Binding and Unbinding
- Hauntings of Isaac and Jephthah’s Daughter
- 4. Bound to Violence
- 5. Unbound in Fantasy
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author