Teaching African American literature through experiential praxis : African American writers in Europe /

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 literat...

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Main Author: Hayes, Jennifer L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Palgrave pivot.
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505 0 |a 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). 
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