Why Does No One In My Books Look Like Me?
Tobe and Ongoing Questions about Race, Representation, and Identity
Edited by Ashli Quesinberry Stokes
An Essay Collection Compiled from the Center for the Study of the New South and Charlotte Teachers Institute First Annual Book Club Experience

108 pp., 6 x 9, 19 halftones, notes
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-4168-3
Published: May 2018
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Distributed for the Center for the Study of the New South, UNC Charlotte
In the spring of 2017, UNC Charlotte’s Center for the Study of the New South and its Charlotte Teachers Institute hosted an evening of round table discussions to explore Tobe as a springboard into the many complex issues of representation, race, and identity that the book raises. Participants included educators, children’s literature and African American culture specialists, and Charlotte community leaders who examined Tobe for its continuing cultural relevance. The discussion was led by Dr. Benjamin Filene, contemporary Tobe scholar and associate professor and director of public history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. This volume features essays from ten event participants focused on a variety of themes that emerged from the discussions.
About the Author
Ashli Quesinberry Stokes is associate professor of communication studies and the director of the Center for the Study of the New South at UNC Charlotte. She is co-author of Consuming Identity: The Role of Food in Redefining the South and Global Public Relations: Spanning Borders, Spanning Cultures.
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