This book provides original essays that suggest ways to engage students in the classroom with the cultural factors of American literature. Some of the essays focus on individual authors' works, others view American literature more broadly, and still others focus on the application of culturally based methods for reading. All suggest a closer look at how ethnicity, culture and pedagogy interact in the classroom to help students better understand the complexity of works by African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and several other sometimes overlooked American cultural…mehr
This book provides original essays that suggest ways to engage students in the classroom with the cultural factors of American literature. Some of the essays focus on individual authors' works, others view American literature more broadly, and still others focus on the application of culturally based methods for reading. All suggest a closer look at how ethnicity, culture and pedagogy interact in the classroom to help students better understand the complexity of works by African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and several other sometimes overlooked American cultural groups. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Helane Adams Androne is an associate professor of English at the Middletown campus of Miami University of Ohio. She teaches courses in composition, African American literature, Latino literature, integrative studies, and women's studies. She lives in Cincinnati.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Teaching to the (Con)Text Section I: Focus on the Margin Introducing Multiple Readings of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man in the Classroom Stefanie Dunning More Than Music and Food: Teaching About Cajun and Creole Cultures and Peoples Monika Giacoppe Neither Crow nor Sparrow: Teaching Intersectionality Chay Yew's Porcelain C. Winter Han The Possibilities and Pitfalls in Teaching Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Tereza M. Szeghi Section II: Focus on the Method Reflect and Act: Using Applied Learning Projects to Engage Students in Text and Community Helane Adams Androne The Answer Is the Story: Teachers and Students Authoring American Literature to Understand American Literature Mary F. Dulworth Gibson Teaching Spidertown in the Blended Classroom Dulce María Gray Performing Community: Teaching Ethnic American Literature Through the Short Story Sequence David Magill Problem-Based Learning and Landscape Perspective in a Jewish-American Fiction Course Jeff Sommers Section III: Focus on the Philosophy Using Ethiopian Healing Scrolls as Ethnomedicine to Read Healing in African American and Contemporary American Literature by Women Shawnrece D. Campbell Engaging Rites of Passage in Performative Text: Using Ritual Poetic Drama as an Applied Theater Practice Tawnya Pettiford-Wates Finding Connections, Contexts and Ourselves: Strategies for Moving Beyond Generalizations in the Ethnic Literature Classroom Ben Railton The Power of Visual Pedagogy in Teaching American Ethnic Literature Danette DiMarcö About the Contributors Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Teaching to the (Con)Text Section I: Focus on the Margin Introducing Multiple Readings of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man in the Classroom Stefanie Dunning More Than Music and Food: Teaching About Cajun and Creole Cultures and Peoples Monika Giacoppe Neither Crow nor Sparrow: Teaching Intersectionality Chay Yew's Porcelain C. Winter Han The Possibilities and Pitfalls in Teaching Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Tereza M. Szeghi Section II: Focus on the Method Reflect and Act: Using Applied Learning Projects to Engage Students in Text and Community Helane Adams Androne The Answer Is the Story: Teachers and Students Authoring American Literature to Understand American Literature Mary F. Dulworth Gibson Teaching Spidertown in the Blended Classroom Dulce María Gray Performing Community: Teaching Ethnic American Literature Through the Short Story Sequence David Magill Problem-Based Learning and Landscape Perspective in a Jewish-American Fiction Course Jeff Sommers Section III: Focus on the Philosophy Using Ethiopian Healing Scrolls as Ethnomedicine to Read Healing in African American and Contemporary American Literature by Women Shawnrece D. Campbell Engaging Rites of Passage in Performative Text: Using Ritual Poetic Drama as an Applied Theater Practice Tawnya Pettiford-Wates Finding Connections, Contexts and Ourselves: Strategies for Moving Beyond Generalizations in the Ethnic Literature Classroom Ben Railton The Power of Visual Pedagogy in Teaching American Ethnic Literature Danette DiMarcö About the Contributors Index
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