The Resource The tar baby : a global history, Bryan Wagner
The tar baby : a global history, Bryan Wagner
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The item The tar baby : a global history, Bryan Wagner represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "A richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktale Perhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was published in 1880 by Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, and popularized in Song of the South, the 1946 Disney movie. Other versions of the story, however, have surfaced in many other places throughout the world, including Nigeria, Brazil, Corsica, Jamaica, India, and the Philippines. The Tar Baby offers a fresh analysis of this deceptively simple story about a fox, a rabbit, and a doll made of tar and turpentine, tracing its history and its connections to slavery, colonialism, and global trade. Bryan Wagner explores how the tar baby story, thought to have originated in Africa, came to exist in hundreds of forms on five continents. Examining its variation, reception, and dispersal over time, he argues that the story is best understood not merely as a folktale but as a collective work in political philosophy. Circulating at the same time and in the same places as new ideas about property and politics developed in colonial law and political economy, the tar baby comes to embody an understanding of the interlocking processes by which custom was criminalized, slaves were captured, and labor was bought and sold. Compellingly argued and ambitious in scope, the book concludes with twelve versions of the story transcribed from various cultures in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
- Contents
-
- Ideas of culture
- States of nature
- Sticking fast
- Say my name
- The briar patch
- Epilogue
- Twelve examples
- Isbn
- 9781400885619
- Label
- The tar baby : a global history
- Title
- The tar baby
- Title remainder
- a global history
- Statement of responsibility
- Bryan Wagner
- Subject
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- Animals -- Folklore
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Cross-cultural studies
- Cross-cultural studies
- Folklore
- Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
- Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 -- Criticism and interpretation
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- American | African American
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology
- Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
- Animals
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktale Perhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was published in 1880 by Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings, and popularized in Song of the South, the 1946 Disney movie. Other versions of the story, however, have surfaced in many other places throughout the world, including Nigeria, Brazil, Corsica, Jamaica, India, and the Philippines. The Tar Baby offers a fresh analysis of this deceptively simple story about a fox, a rabbit, and a doll made of tar and turpentine, tracing its history and its connections to slavery, colonialism, and global trade. Bryan Wagner explores how the tar baby story, thought to have originated in Africa, came to exist in hundreds of forms on five continents. Examining its variation, reception, and dispersal over time, he argues that the story is best understood not merely as a folktale but as a collective work in political philosophy. Circulating at the same time and in the same places as new ideas about property and politics developed in colonial law and political economy, the tar baby comes to embody an understanding of the interlocking processes by which custom was criminalized, slaves were captured, and labor was bought and sold. Compellingly argued and ambitious in scope, the book concludes with twelve versions of the story transcribed from various cultures in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- IDEBK
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wagner, Bryan
- Dewey number
- 398.2452
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
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- GR111.A47
- GR705
- LC item number
- W34 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Animals
- Cross-cultural studies
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS
- Animals
- Cross-cultural studies
- Label
- The tar baby : a global history, Bryan Wagner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ideas of culture -- States of nature -- Sticking fast -- Say my name -- The briar patch -- Epilogue -- Twelve examples
- Control code
- 978826976
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400885619
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9781400885619
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 1002414
- 22573/ctt1vwmnhh
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)978826976
- Label
- The tar baby : a global history, Bryan Wagner
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Ideas of culture -- States of nature -- Sticking fast -- Say my name -- The briar patch -- Epilogue -- Twelve examples
- Control code
- 978826976
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (261 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400885619
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9781400885619
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 1002414
- 22573/ctt1vwmnhh
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)978826976
Subject
- Animals -- Folklore
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Cross-cultural studies
- Cross-cultural studies
- Folklore
- Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
- Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 -- Criticism and interpretation
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- American | African American
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology
- Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
- Animals
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