Research Catalog

Title

Teaching African American literature through experiential praxis : African American writers in Europe / Jennifer L. Hayes.

Author

Hayes, Jennifer L.

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Description

x, 132 pages : illustrations (black and white, and color); 21 cm.

Summary

This book focuses on teaching African American literature through experiential praxis. Specifically, the book presents several canonical African American literature authors in a study abroad context. The book chapters consider the historical implications of travel within the African American literature tradition including slave narratives, migration narratives, and expatriate narratives. The book foregrounds this tradition and includes activities, rhetorical prompts, and thematic discussion that support instruction.

Series Statement

Palgrave pivot

Uniform Title

Palgrave pivot.

Subject

• American literature > African American authors > Study and teaching (Higher)
• American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
• Antislavery movements in literature
• American literature > African American authors

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Travel in African American Literature -- 3. Before you go: Preparation, Objectives and Goals of the course, Pre-Assessment Tools -- 4. Victor Sejour "The Mulatto": Creole Traditions and the Abolitionist Movement -- 5. Field Studies in the United States: Nella Larsen and Richard Wrights connections to Chicago and New York City Passing and Black Boy -- 6. Richard Wright The Wright Era: "Blueprint for Negro Writing" -- 7. Baldwin Notes on A Native Son and Understandings of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nationality -- 8. Larsens novella Quicksand: Exploring Exoticism and Xenophobia with Cultural Excursions -- 9. Lynn Nottages Las Meninas Reclaiming Historical Figures "The Black Nun of Moret" and Versailles -- 10. Conclusion: Students Opportunities for Reflections Moving Beyond Limits (Expectations vs. Reality).

Call Number

Sc D 21-142

ISBN

• 3030485943
• 9783030485948

OCLC

1152408716

Author

Hayes, Jennifer L., author.

Title

Teaching African American literature through experiential praxis : African American writers in Europe / Jennifer L. Hayes.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Palgrave pivot

Palgrave pivot.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc D 21-142