Approaches to Teaching the Works of Edwidge Danticat (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature)

Celucien L. Joseph, Suchismita Banerjee, Marvin E. Hobson, Danny M. Hoey

ISBN 10: 0367263742 / ISBN 13: 9780367263744

Published by Routledge 2019-09-25, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Approaches to Teaching the Works of Edwidge Danticat (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature)
• Publisher: Routledge 2019-09-25
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367263742
• ISBN 13: 9780367263744
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Providing an intellectual interpretation to the work of Edwidge Danticat, this new edited collection provides a pedagogical approach to teach and interpret her body of work in undergraduate and graduate classrooms. Approaches to Teaching the Works of Edwidge Danticat starts out by exploring diasporic categories and postcolonial themes such as gender constructs, cultural nationalism, cultural and communal identity, and moves to investigate Danticat’s human rights activism, the immigrant experience, the relationship between the particular and the universal, and the violence of hegemony and imperialism in relationship with society, family, and community. The Editors of the collection have carefully compiled works that show how Danticat’s writings may help in building more compassionate and relational human communities that are grounded on the imperative of human dignity, respect, inclusion, and peace.

About the Author

Celucien L. Joseph is an Associate Professor of English at Indian River State College

Suchismita Banerjee is an English professor at Indian River State College

Marvin E. Hobson is an Associate Professor of English at Indian River State College

Danny M. Hoey Jr. is an Associate Professor of English at Indian River State College