| Description |
vii, 343 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Options for teaching ; 48
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Options for teaching ; 48.
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| Summary |
"Offers techniques for teaching modern Latin American poetry in college courses, including considerations of teaching the silva , human rights, poetry in indigenous languages, community-based learning, lesser-known contemporary poetry, Afro-descendant poetry, performance, the long poem, and queer theory. Provides classroom exercises and assignments"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Teaching the Language of Poetry / Jill S. Kuhnheim -- Part I. Poetic Literacy and the Latin American Canon. Looking Back to Look Beyond: Latin American Poetry from Its Origins to the Present / Melanie Nicholson -- Poetic Literacy: Beyond Nervous Cluelessness and the New Critical Residue / Jonathan Mayhew -- An Entrance to Dark Forests: The Spanish-American Silva from Sor Juana to Bello and Storni / Justin Read -- Difficult Poetry: Teaching the Avant-Garde and the Neobaroque / Jacobo Sefami -- Minding the Gaps: Strategies for Teaching the Contemporary Spanish American Long Poem / Tamara R. Williams -- A Course Model for the Liberal Arts Curriculum / Melanie Nicholson -- Part II. Orality, Multimedia, and Comparative Arts. Simultaneous Senses and Vital Dialogues in Latin American Poetry / Gwen Kirkpatrick -- Teaching Experimental Latin American Poetry: Visual, Concrete, Performative, and Digital / Eduardo Ledesma -- Songs of the Cenzontle: Re-cording Orality in Contemporary Mexican Lyric Poetry / Bruce Dean Willis -- Creativity, Interpretation, and the Public Good in Teaching Latin American Poetry / Teresa Longo -- Insularity, Invention, and Interfaces: Brazilian Lyric and Contemporary Imperatives / Charles A. Perrone -- Leaning toward Affect: Teaching Poetry with Performance / Jill S. Kuhheim -- Part III. Poetic Texts and Contexts Expand the Idea of Latin America -- Teaching Poetry and Human Rights / Fernando J. Rosenberg -- Comparative Arts, Coloniality, and Decoloniality: Teaching the Afro-descendant Poetry of Antonio Preciado, Elcina Valencia, and ChocQuibTown / Juan G. Ramos -- Teaching Latin American Poetry as a Vulnerable Genre / María Rosa Olivera-Williams -- Using Community-Based Learning to Teach Poetry in the Spanish Language Classroom / Bridget V. Franco -- On Poet-Scholars: Un Taller de Poesía / Silvia R. Tandeciarz -- From Paz to the Infrarrealistas: Rethinking the Mexican Canon / John Burns -- Ri Pach'un Tzij aj Iximulew: Teaching Contemporary Maya Poetries from Guatemala / Tiffany D. Creegan Miller -- Teaching Indigenous Poetries through Translation / Clare Sullivan Queerospheric Classroom: Queer Pedagogy and Brazilian Poetry / Steven F. Butterman. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
| Subject |
Latin American poetry -- 20th century -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Latin American poetry. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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United States. |
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Latin American poetry -- 21st century -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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1900-2099 |
| Added Author |
Kuhnheim, Jill S., editor.
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Nicholson, Melanie, 1955- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Teaching modern Latin American poetries New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2019. 9781603294102 (DLC) 2019026079 |
| ISBN |
9781603294669 hardcover |
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160329466X hardcover |
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9781603294096 paperback |
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1603294090 paperback |
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9781603294102 electronic publication |
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9781603294119 kindle edition |
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