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Title Approaches to teaching the novels of Toni Morrison / edited by Nellie Y. McKay and Kathryn Earle

Imprint New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1997

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 KEN Main  PS3563.O8749 Z54 1997     AVAILABLE
Table of Contents
 Preface to the Series 
 Preface to the Volume 
Pt. 1Materials / Nellie Y. McKay 
Pt. 2Approaches 
  Tracing and Erasing: Race and Pedagogy in The Bluest Eye / Rafael Perez-Torres21
  Teaching Controversy: The Bluest Eye in the Multicultural Classroom / Kathryn Earle27
  "Raked with Wonder": A White Instructor Teaches Sula / Toni A. H. McNaron34
  Beyond the Bitterness of History: Teaching Beloved / Carolyn C. Denard40
  Marginality and Community in Beloved / Sharon P. Holland, Michael Awkward48
  Authority, Literacy, and Modernism in The Bluest Eye / Thomas H. Fick, Eva Gold56
  Song of Solomon: Modernism in the Afro-American Studies Classroom / Sandra Adell63
  Flying Home: Folklore, Intertextuality, and Song of Solomon / James C. Hall68
  Tar Baby: Philosophizing Blackness / Madelyn Jablon73
  Using History as Artifact to Situate Beloved's Unknown Woman: Margaret Garner / Angelita Reyes77
  Jazz: Morrison and the Music of Tradition / Craig Werner86
  Morrison on Morrison: Using Interviews to Teach Morrison / Terry Otten93
  Sula: Imagery, Figurative Language, and Symbols / Elizabeth B. House99
  Reading in the Dark: Knowledge and Vision in Song of Solomon / Linda J. Krumholz106
  Jazz: From Music to Literature / Anthony J. Berret113
  "Laundering the Head of Whitewash": Mimicry and Resistance in The Bluest Eye / Gurleen Grewal118
  An African-Based Reading of Sula / Gay Wilentz127
  Songs of the Ancestors: Family in Song of Solomon / Keith E. Byerman135
  Telling Stories: A Cultural Studies Approach to Tar Baby / Marilyn Sanders Mobley141
  Teaching Tar Baby / Ann Jurecic, Arnold Rampersad147
  Morrison's Jazz: "A Knowing So Deep" / Judylyn S. Ryan154
 Contributors and Survey Participants161
 Works Cited163
 Index of Morrison's Novels175
 Index of Names177
  
Description xi, 179 pages ; 24 cm
Format volume
  
Bibliography notes Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-174) and indexes
Complete contents Tracing and erasing : race and pedagogy in The Bluest Eye / Rafael Pérez-Torres -- Teaching controversy : The bluest eye in the multicultural classroom / Kathryn Earle -- Raked with wonder : a white instructor teaches Sula / Toni A. H. McNaron -- Beyond bitterness of history : teaching Beloved / Carolyn C. Denard -- Marginality and community in Beloved / Sharon P. Holland, Michael Awkward -- Authority, literacy, and modernism in The bluest eye / Thomas H. Fick, Eva Gold -- Song of Solomon : modernism in the Afro-American studies classroom / Sandra Adell -- Flying home : folklore, intertexuality, and Song of Solomon / James C. Hall -- Tar Baby : philosophizing blackness / Madelyn Jablon -- Using history as artifact to situate Beloved's unknown woman : Margaret Garner / Angelita Reyes -- Jazz : Morrison and the music of tradition / Craig Werner -- Morrison on Morrison : using interviews to teach Morrison / Terry Otten -- Sula : imagery, figurative language, and symbols / Elizabeth B. House -- Reading in the dark ; knowledge and vision in Song of Solomon / Linda J. Krumholz -- Jazz : from music to literature / Anthony J. Berret -- Laundering head of whitewash : mimicry and resistance / Gurleen Grewal -- African-based reading of Sula / Gay Wilentz -- Songs of ancestors : family in Song of Solomon / Keith E. Byerman -- Telling stories : a cultural studies approach to Tar Baby / Marilyn Sanders Mobley -- Teaching Tar Baby / Ann Jurecic, Arnold Rampersad -- Morrison's Jazz : a knowing so deep / Judylyn S. Ryan
  
Subject Morrison, Toni -- Study and teaching
American fiction -- African American authors -- Study and teaching
Women and literature -- Study and teaching -- United States
African American women in literature -- Study and teaching
American fiction -- Women authors -- Study and teaching
African Americans in literature -- Study and teaching
Add'l Author McKay, Nellie Y
Earle, Kathryn, 1960-
Series Approaches to teaching world literature
Approaches to teaching world literature
  
ISBN/ISSN 0873527429
LCCN 97026867
OCLC # 37211344