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Problematizing Literature Circles As Forums For Discussion Of Multicultural And Political Texts, Amanda Haertling Thein, Megan Guise, Deann Long Sloan
Problematizing Literature Circles As Forums For Discussion Of Multicultural And Political Texts, Amanda Haertling Thein, Megan Guise, Deann Long Sloan
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In a six-week literature circle unit in a tenth-grade classroom, one group of students discussed Dorothy Allison's novel Bastard out of Carolina. By criteria frequently used to judge the quality of discussion, this literature circle was successful. However, several key moments are highlighted that point to the limits of literature circles as they are typically implemented for engaging students in the full critical depth of multicultural and political texts. Finally, suggestions are offered for rethinking literature circle pedagogy with the goal of offering students a more nuanced and robust experience with such texts.
The Poetics Of James Dickey: The Early Motion, Douglas Keesey
The Poetics Of James Dickey: The Early Motion, Douglas Keesey
English
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Review Of Super 8, Directed By J.J. Abrams, Douglas Keesey
Review Of Super 8, Directed By J.J. Abrams, Douglas Keesey
English
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Review Of The Killer Inside Me, Directed By Michael Winterbottom, Douglas Keesey
Review Of The Killer Inside Me, Directed By Michael Winterbottom, Douglas Keesey
English
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Black Magic And White Guilt: Voodoo In Angel Heart, Douglas Keesey
Black Magic And White Guilt: Voodoo In Angel Heart, Douglas Keesey
English
On first viewing, Alan Parker’s 1987 film Angel Heart may seem like just another in a long line of films that equate voodoo with Satanism, blacks with the black arts. However, the film also struggles toward an acknowledgment of white guilt, an admission that evil resides within the self. Evil’s repression and projection onto the “black other” must be understood as a defensive strategy for denying one’s own guilt. The difference between good whites and bad blacks must be redefined as a difference within, the capacity for good and evil inherent in each of us, regardless of skin color or …
Intertwinings Of Death And Desire In Michele Soavi’S Dellamorte Dellamore, Douglas Keesey
Intertwinings Of Death And Desire In Michele Soavi’S Dellamorte Dellamore, Douglas Keesey
English
This article engages in an in-depth discussion of Michele Soavi's Dellamorte Dellamore/Cemetery Man, a 1993 film based on a bestselling novel and on Italy's most popular comic-book series (Dylan Dog). Close analysis reveals that, rather than being just another forgettable splatter movie or ridiculous horror comedy, this zombie thriller is a film of great psychosexual complexity, along the lines of Edgar Allan Poe's 'Ligeia' (1838) and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). In Dellamorte Dellamore, horror becomes the vehicle for the female character's struggle with guilt over infidelity to her deceased husband, with fear of phallic sexuality and with masochistic …
Review Of Shutter Island, Directed By Martin Scorsese, Douglas Keesey
Review Of Shutter Island, Directed By Martin Scorsese, Douglas Keesey
English
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Review Of Mikko Tuhkanen, The American Optic: Psychoanalysis, Critical Race Theory, And Richard Wright, J. Bradford Campbell
Review Of Mikko Tuhkanen, The American Optic: Psychoanalysis, Critical Race Theory, And Richard Wright, J. Bradford Campbell
English
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