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Approaches to Teaching Baraka's Dutchman

Approaches to Teaching Baraka's Dutchman( )
Editor: Calihman, Matthew
Early, Gerald
Series title:Approaches to Teaching World Literature Ser.
ISBN:978-1-60329-355-6
Publication Date:May 2018
Publisher:Modern Language Association of America
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $36.00
Book Description:

First performed in 1964, Amiri Baraka's play about a charged encounter between a black man and a white woman still has the power to shock. The play, steeped in the racial issues of its time, continues to speak to racial violence and inequality today. This volume offers strategies for guiding students through this short but challenging text.

Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / American / African American & Black
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 Inches
Book Weight:0.7 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Cornell University graduate Gerald Early is an essayist and professor at Washington University.

Early was the director of African and Afro-American studies at Washington University and the director of the American Culture Studies Program. He was also named the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in Arts and Sciences.

His essays have been included in Harpers, The New Republic, and Hungry Mind Review. His books include One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture, Lure and Loathing: Essays on Race, Identity and Ambivalence of Assimilation, and Body Language: Writers on Sport. Early received the National Book Critics Circle Award for his book The Culture of Bruising: Essays on Literature, Prizefighting, and Modern American Culture.

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