Multiethnic American literatures : essays for teaching context and culture / edited by Helane Adams Androne.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Androne, Helane Adams, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• American literature--Minority authors--Study and teaching.
• Minorities in literature--Study and teaching--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

• Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; 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 in 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 DiMarco); About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-1734-1