{"product_id":"the-tar-baby-bryan-wagner-9780691196916","title":"The Tar Baby: A Global History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA richly nuanced cultural history of an enigmatic and controversial folktale\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerhaps the best-known version of the tar baby story was published in 1880 in \u003ci\u003eUncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings\u003c\/i\u003e, and popularized in \u003ci\u003eSong of the South\u003c\/i\u003e, the 1946 Disney movie. Other versions of the story, however, have surfaced throughout the world, including in Nigeria, Brazil, Corsica, Jamaica, India, and the Philippines. \u003ci\u003eThe Tar Baby\u003c\/i\u003e 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. He concludes with twelve versions of the story transcribed from various cultures in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan Wagner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691196915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691196916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Bryan Wagner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138372333823,"sku":"9780691196916","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_376458cc-f909-42be-9158-a4bd4d8e8961.jpg?v=1687899304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tar-baby-bryan-wagner-9780691196916","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}