Teaching Literature and Writing in Prisons - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1603295917 ISBN 13 : 9781603295918

Editeur : Modern Language Association of America, 2023

Synopsis

New thinking about the role of education in confined environments

As the work of Malcolm X, Angela Y. Davis, and others has made clear, education in prison has enabled people to rethink systems of oppression. Courses in reading and writing help incarcerated students feel a sense of community, examine the past and present, and imagine a better future. Yet incarcerated students often lack the resources, materials, information, and opportunity to pursue their coursework, and training is not always available for those who teach incarcerated students. This volume will aid both new and experienced instructors by providing strategies for developing courses, for creating supportive learning environments, and for presenting and publishing incarcerated students' scholarly and creative work. It also suggests approaches to self-care designed to help instructors sustain their work. Essays incorporate the perspectives of both incarcerated and nonincarcerated teachers and students, centering critical prison studies scholarship and abolitionist perspectives.

This volume contains discussion of Mumia Abu-Jamal's Live from Death Row, Marita Bonner's The Purple Flower, Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and Othello.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Modern Language Association of America
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1603295917
• ISBN 13: 9781603295918
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: McKoy Sheila Smith, Alexander Patrick Elliot
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible