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Huck Finn's "hidden" lessons : teaching and learning across the color line

Title
Huck Finn's "hidden" lessons : teaching and learning across the color line / Sharon E. Rush.
Author
Rush, Sharon.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2006.

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TextUse in library LC212.2 .R87 2006Off-site

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Description
xx, 173 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • Finn, Huckleberry (Fictitious character)
  • Twain, Mark
  • Racism in education > United States
  • Equality > Study and teaching > United States
  • Racisme en éducation > États-Unis
  • Equality > Study and teaching
  • Racism in education
  • Ethnische Beziehungen
  • Erziehung
  • United States
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Twain and the color line -- The legal roots of racism during Twain's lifetime : the "separate but equal" doctrine -- Huck and emotional segregation : a culture of disrespect in the classroom -- Huck and the canon of American literature -- Teaching democratic values -- How a decision to teach Huck conflicts with teaching democratic values and authenticity -- What do children know about race? -- Emotional intelligence : how to create a culture of respect and equality in the classroom -- So what do we do with Huck?
ISBN
  • 0742545199
  • 0742545202
  • 9780742545205
  • 9780742545199
  • 9780742545202 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2005021923
  • 9780742545199
OCLC
  • ocm61229643
  • 61229643
  • SCSB-8905741
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library