{"product_id":"tending-to-the-past-9781496845948","title":"Tending to the Past","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines Black-authored historical novels and films for children that depict creative means by which ordinary African Americans survived slavery and racism in early America. The book argues that this important, understudied historical writing calls on young readers to be active, critical thinkers about the past and its legacies within the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTending to the Past\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking study of the construction of history in texts by Black authors for young people. The quality and depth of analysis offered by Karen Michele Chandler is unparalleled.\" - Katharine Capshaw, coeditor of \u003cem\u003eWho Writes for Black Children? African American Children's Literature before 1900\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50051604676951,"sku":"9781496845948","price":23.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496845948.jpg?v=1740364101","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tending-to-the-past-9781496845948","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}