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In one volume, this edited collection provides both a theoretical and praxis-driven engagement with teaching world literature, focusing on various aspects of critical pedagogy. Included are nine praxis-driven essays by instructors who have taught world literature courses at the university level.

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Author:   Masood Ashraf Raja ,  Hillary Stringer ,  Zach VandeZande
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2013
Weight:   0.316kg
ISBN:  

9781349457465

ISBN 10:   1349457469
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   28 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction; Masood Ashraf Raja PART I: THEORY 1. Gender, Knowledge, and Economy: Greg Mortenson, Turning Schools into Stones; Robin Truth Goodman 2. Educating for Cosmopolitanism: Lessons from Cognitive Science; Mark Bracher 3. Learning to Be a Psychopath: The Pedagogy of the Corporation; Kenneth J. Saltman 4. Corporate World Literature: Neoliberalism and the Fate of the Humanities; Jeffrey R. Di Leo 5. Reading the ""Other"" in World Literature: Toward a Discourse of Unfamiliarity; Swaralipi Nandi 6. Pedagogy for Healing and Justice through Cambodian American Literature; Jonathan H. X. Lee and Mary Thi Pham 7. A Moving Pedagogy: Teaching Global Literature through Translation; Kyle Wanberg 8. ""Re-worlding"" in Tsitsi Dangaremba's Nervous Conditions ; Linda Daley 9. Teaching World Systems: How Critical Pedagogy Can Frame the Global; David B. Downing 10. Object Lessons: Material Cultural Approaches to Teaching Global Poetry; Hella Rose Bloom PART II: PRAXIS 11. A Gun and a Book: Teaching Naguib Mahfouz's The Thief and the Dogs (???? ???????) in a Time of Revolution and Occupation; Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman 12. Magical Realism: A Gateway Out of America and into the World; Tessa Mellas 13. Making the Familiar Unfamiliar: Teaching Origin Myths, Material Conditions, and ""the Bible as Literature""; Hillary Stringer 14. Cycles of Opportunity: On the Value and Efficacy of Native American Literature in Teaching World Literature to Millennials; Marnie M. Sullivan 15. ""The Speculation of Schoolboys"": Confronting the Academy in Ulysses ; Matthew McKenzie Davis 16. Reaching for the Other in Teaching Aleksandar Hemon's ""A Coin""; Zach VandeZande 17. Afterword; Masood Ashraf Raja, Hillary Stringer, and Zach VandeZande"

Reviews

This brilliant collection of essays not only breathes new life into the field of critical pedagogy, but leaves this reader wanting more. -David Gabbard, Bilingual Education Department, Boise State University, USA

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Robin Goodman, Florida State University, USA Mark Bracher, Kent State University, USA Kenneth Saltman, DePaul University, USA Sophia McClennen, Pennsylvania State University, USA Jeffrey R. Di Leo, University of Houston-Victoria, USA Swaralipi Nandi, Kent State University, USA Jonathan H. X. Lee, San Francisco State University, USA Mary Thi Pham, San Francisco State University, USA Kyle Wanberg, University of California, USA Linda Daley, RMIT University, USA David B. Downing, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA Hella Rose Bloom, University of North Texas, USA Matthew Davis, University of North Texas, USA Jessica Hindman, University of North Texas, USA Elishia Heiden, University of North Texas, USA Tessa Mellas, University of Cincinnati, USA Marnie M. Sullivan, Mercyhurst College, USA

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