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Title Multiethnic American literatures / edited by Helane Adams Androne.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 MarĂ­a 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
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject American literature -- Minority authors -- Study and teaching.
American literature -- Minority authors -- Study and teaching.
American literature -- Minority authors.
Minorities in literature -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Minorities in literature -- Study and teaching.
United States.
Minorities in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Androne, Helane Adams, 1972- editor.
Note Subtitle from cover: essays for teaching context and culture
Other Form: Print version: Multiethnic American literatures 9780786476916 (DLC) 2014039832 (OCoLC)894670577
ISBN 9781476617343 electronic book
1476617341 electronic book
9780786476916
0786476915