Teaching African American Women's Writing (eBook)

Gina has worked in educational development for over 25 years, and in 2005 was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship for her work in teaching and learning. She is the author of The Undergraduate Research Handbook, The Postgraduate Research Handbook and The Good Supervisor. 

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction to Teaching African American Women's Writing; G.Wisker Teaching The Color Purple ; G.Wisker Tune in and Turn On: Learning to Listen in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God ; V.Bazin Teaching Trauma: (Neo-)Slave Narratives and Cultural (Re-)Memory; D.L.Madsen Teaching Four African-American Female Poets in Context: Lucy Terry, Phillis Wheatley, Frances E. W. Harper, and Sonia Sanchez; F.E.De Lancey 'This Crisis in the History of the Negro': Contending Forces at the Nexus of Debate; J.S.Sanders (En)lightening the Dark Vision: Redemption through Storytelling in Toni Morrison's Beloved; L.J.Holland-Toll & A.R.Mullis When the Rainbow is Not Enough: Using African American Literature to Demystify Race in a Caribbean Tertiary Environment; P.Morgan Teaching African American Women's Literature in Australia: Reading Toni Morrison in the Deep North; C.Ferrier Postgraduate Students Working on African American Women's Writing: Supervision and the Research Journey; M.Treby & G.Wisker Chronology of Key Publications and Events Selective Guide to Further Reading, Books, Journal Articles and Web Resources List of Key Authors and Critics Index