Laurie Grobman

Teaching at the Crossroads

Cultures and Critical Perspectives in Literature by Women of Color

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Literary Nonfiction. Literary Criticism and History. Women's Studies. "We can fight back and counter the multi- directional attacks on multicultural education in literary studies by creating responsible, sound, and cohesive pedagogy. Controversies come with the academic territory, but if we allow the conflicts to overwhelm the objectives of our teaching, we pave the way for multiculturalism to be merely a passing "fad" rather than a permanent foundation for liberal education. We need to get beyond internal "us" versus "them" rhetorics of hate to have any hope for our students to get beyond these mentalities in the real world beyond our classrooms."--from TEACHING AT THE CROSSROADS This book offers college and high school teachers a useful set of strategies for teaching literature by women of color. Providing a comprehensive framework that connects criticism to pedagogy, author Laurie Grobman provides a much- needed practical guide for teachers who want to introduce their students to multiple literary traditions in a culturally sensitive and theoretically informed manner. Highly accessible and designed for practical use, TEACHING AT THE CROSSROADS is an ideal book for teachers of American Literature, Women's Literature, Multicultural Literature, and World Literature. It is also ideal for English education courses that include training for diverse literatures by women. Includes sample class plans and discussion questions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Aunt Lute Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 151mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 349g
• ISBN-13: 9781879960633
• ISBN-10: 187996063X
• Artikelnr.: 21088861

Autorenporträt

Laurie Grobman received her Ph.D. in English from Lehigh University in 20th Century American Literature/Multicultural Literature. She has published criticism on the work of Sandra Cisneros, Judith Ortiz-Cofer, and Toni Morrison, among others, as well as theoretical work on pedagogical issues. Her articles on such topics as multiculturalism in writing and literary studies, basic writing, and critical pedagogy have appeared in literary and composition journals, including MELUS, College Literature, Journal of Business and Technical Communication,and MAWA Review. She is also a co-founder and co-editor of Young Scholars in Writing: Undergraduate Research in Writing and Rhetoric, an undergraduate research journal that focuses on the publishing of undergraduate writings dealing with writing and rhetoric.  Many of her works focusing on teaching writing and rhetoric have won awards, including: the award for Best Article in 2004 for her article Teaching English in the Two-Year College, and the Outstanding Scholarship in a Book Award from the International Writing Centers Association in 2005, for her book On Location: Theory and Practice in Classroom-based Writing and Tutoring.  She is currently a professor of English and Women's Studies at Penn State University, Berks-Lehigh Valley College.