Latino/a Literature in the Classroom : Twenty-first-century Approaches to Teaching

In one of the most rapidly growing areas of literary study, this volume provides the first comprehensive guide to teaching Latino/a literature in all variety of learning environments. Essays by internationally renowned scholars offer an array of approaches and methods to the teaching of the novel, short story, plays, poetry, autobiography, testimonial, comic book, children and young adult literature, film, performance art, and multi-media digital texts, among others. The essays provide conceptual vocabularies and tools to help teachers design courses that pay attention to: Issues of form across a range of storytelling media Issues of content such as theme and character Issues of historical periods, linguistic communities, and regions Issues of institutional classroom settings The volume innovatively adds to and complicates the broader humanities curriculum by offering new possibilities for pedagogical practice. Introduction: what are we teaching when teaching Latino/a literature? / Frederick Luis Aldama Recovered and recovery texts of the nineteenth century / Jesse Aleman Modernism, modernity, and U.S. Latino/a literature / Sheila Marie Contreras Latino/a queer expressions / Richard T. Rodriguez Spanglish in the classroom: a linguistic approach to code-switching in Latino/a literature / Jennifer Carolina Gomez Menjivar Crisscrossed languages / Heather Alumbaugh Transnational forms / Monica Hanna, Jennifer Harford Vargas Latino literary nonfiction / Michael Nieto Garcia Teaching Mexican American/Chicano authors / Christopher Gonzalez Teaching the Hispanophone Caribbean / Maria Acosta Cruz Teaching Boricua literature / Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez Central American U.S. Latinos / Ana Patricia Rodriguez Teaching U.S. Latino/a poetry in the age of social media / Urayoan Noel Theater in the Latino/a Literature classroom / William Orchard Teaching U.S. Latino/a performance / Marivel T. Danielson Performance pedagogy in the Latino literature classroom: Guillermo Gomez-Pena's La Pocha Nostra / Paloma Martinez-Cruz Teaching comics by and about Latinos/as / Frederick Luis Aldama Crowdsourcing Latino literary study: participatory learning and enhanced e-books / Ellen McCracken Latino/a young adult and children's literature / Jackie K. White Teaching matters of class and style with chica lit / Tace Hedrick Teaching the suburbs Randy Ontiveros Defamiliarized bodies: disability studies in the Latino/a literature classroom / Julie Avril Minich Teaching Oscar "Zeta" Acosta / Christopher Gonzalez Teaching Gloria Anzaldua and Cherrie Moraga / Ellen M. Gil-Gomez Teaching Ana Castillo: Part 1 / Magdalena L. Barrera Teaching Ana Castillo: Part 2 / Nan Tynberg Teaching Sandra Cisneros's House on Mango Street / Brant M. Torres Teaching Denise Chavez and Pat Mora / Ellen M. Gil-Gomez Teaching Jimmy Santiago Baca / Cruz Medina Teaching Junot Diaz / David A. Colon Teaching Cristina Garcia / Elena Foulis Teaching Arturo Islas / Frederick Luis Aldama Teaching Andres Montoya / Stephanie Fetta Teaching Richard Rodriguez / Juan Velasco Teaching Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton / Amelia Maria De La Luz Montes Teaching Luis Valdez and Zoot Suit / Marilyn Patton Teaching the fiction of Helena Maria Viramontes / Paula M. L. Moya. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Illustrations Notes on contributors Introduction: what are we teaching when teaching Latino/a literature? Part I: Teaching foundational moments 1. Recovered and recovery texts of the nineteenth century 2. Modernism, modernity, and U.S. Latino/a literature 3. Latino/a queer expressions 4. Spanglish in the classroom: a linguistic approach to code-switching in Latino/a literature 5. Crisscrossed languages 6. Transnational forms 7. Latino literary nonfiction Part II: Teaching parts that make up the Latino/a whole 8. Teaching Mexican American/Chicano authors 9. Teaching the Hispanophone Caribbean 10. Teaching Boricua literature 11. Central American U.S. Latinos Part III: Teaching poetry, theatre, and performance arts 12. Teaching U.S. Latino/a poetry in the age of social media 13. Theater in the Latino/a Literature classroom 14. Teaching U.S. Latino/a per formance 15. Performance pedagogy in the Latino literature classroom: Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s La Pocha Nostra Part IV: Other Latino/a forms and spaces 16. Teaching comics by and about Latinos/as 17. Crowdsourcing Latino literary study: participatory learning and enhanced e-books 18. Latino/a young adult and children’s literature 19. Teaching matters of class and style with chica lit 20. Teaching the suburbs 21. Defamiliarized bodies: disability studies in the Latino/a literature classroom Part V: Snapshots: Case studies in action 22. Teaching Oscar "Zeta” Acosta 23. Teaching Gloria Anzaldúa and Cherríe Moraga 24. Teaching Ana Castillo: Part 1 25. Teaching Ana Castillo: Part 2 26. Teaching Sandra Cisneros’s House on Mango Street 27. Teaching Denise Chávez and Pat Mora 28. Teaching Jimmy Santiago Baca 29. Teaching Junot Díaz 30. Teaching Cristina García 31. Teaching Arturo Islas 32. Teaching Andrés Montoya 33. Teaching Richard Rodriguez 34. Teaching María Amparo Ruiz de Burton 35. Teaching Luis Valdez and Zoot Suit 36. Teaching the fiction of Helena María Viramontes Glossary Suggested further reading Bibliography Index In one of the most rapidly growing areas of literary study, this volume provides the first comprehensive guide to teaching Latino/a literature in all variety of learning environments. Essays by internationally renowned scholars offer an array of approaches and methods to the teaching of the novel, short story, plays, poetry, autobiography, testimonial, comic book, children and young adult literature, film, performance art, and multi-media digital texts, among others. The volume innovatively adds to and complicates the broader humanities curriculum by offering new possibilities for pedagogical practice. -- Amazon.com