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The Tar-Baby is the second of the Uncle Remus stories published in 1881; it is about a doll made of tar and turpentine used by the villainous Br'er Fox to entrap Br'er Rabbit. The more that Br'er Rabbit fights the Tar-Baby, the more entangled he becomes.
Tar-Baby, sticky tar doll, the central figure in black American folktales popularized in written literature by the American author Joel Chandler Harris. Harris’ “Tar-Baby” (1879), one of the animal tales told by the character Uncle Remus, is but one example of numerous African-derived tales.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
7. Apr. 2024 · Tar Baby is a 1981 novel by Nobel Prize–winner Toni Morrison that explores the themes of identity, culture, and love. The title refers to an African American folktale about a sticky trap and the main character Jadine, a successful model who is attracted to a black man named Son.
11. Mai 2017 · The tar baby story in which Bre'r Rabbit outwits Bre'r Fox is a classic trickster folk tale. But like all fables, it is a double-barreled affair, with entertainment firing in tandem with a...
The tar baby is an electric figure in contemporary culture. As a racial epithet, a folk archetype, an existential symbol, and an artifact of mass culture, the term “tar baby” stokes controversy, in the first place because of its racism.
- Bryan Wagner
20. Juni 2017 · A book by Professor Bryan Wagner that explores the fable of the tar baby as a political allegory of colonialism, global capitalism, and slavery. The book traces the story's diffusion, variations, and meanings across different cultures and contexts, from Africa to the US. It also discusses the role of the tar baby in the history of the African diaspora and the slave trade.
12. Apr. 2017 · 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 ...
