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Author: Natasha Alden Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 1526102617 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 267
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This book takes the concept of postmemory, developed in Holocaust studies, and applies it for the first time to novels by contemporary British writers. Focusing on war fiction, Alden builds upon current scholarship on historical fiction and memory studies, and extends the field by exploring how the use of historical research within fiction illuminates the ways in which we remember and recreate the past. Using postmemory to unlock both the transgenerational aspects of the novels discussed and the development of historiographic metafiction, Alden provides a ground-breaking analysis of the nature and potential of contemporary historical fiction. By examining the patterns and motivations behind authors’ translations of material from the historical record into fiction, Alden also asks to what extent such writing is, necessarily, metafictional. Ultimately, this study offers an updated answer to the question that historical fiction has always posed: what can fiction do with history that history cannot?
Author: Jonathan A. Allan Publisher: Zed Books Ltd. ISBN: 1783607572 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 286
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'A serious work of theory.' The Guardian ‘Jonathan Allan has come up with a whole theory of the arsehole.’ Dazed and Confused In a resolute deviation from the governing totality of the phallus, Reading from Behind offers a radical reorientation of the anus and its role in the collective imaginary. It exposes what is deeply hidden in our cultural production, and challenges the authority of paranoid, critical thought. A beautiful work that invites us beyond the rejection of phallocentricism, to a new way of being and thinking about sex, culture and identity.
Author: Yelena Moskovich Publisher: Two Dollar Radio ISBN: 1953387039 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 151
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"A Door Behind a Door is loose, dreamy, and symbol-packed... The resurfacing of characters from Olga’s past in her new city speaks to the theme of immigration in the novel, of new homes and the passage from old to new—a passage that is perhaps not ever fully complete in the sense that the past cannot be shaken." —Marta Balcewicz, Ploughshares In Yelena Moskovich's spellbinding new novel, A Door Behind A Door, we meet Olga, who immigrates as part of the Soviet diaspora of ’91 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There she grows up and meets a girl and falls in love, beginning to believe that she can settle down. But a phone call from a bad man from her past brings to life a haunted childhood in an apartment building in the Soviet Union: an unexplained murder in her block, a supernatural stray dog, and the mystery of her beloved brother Moshe, who lost an eye and later vanished. We get pulled into Olga’s past as she puzzles her way through an underground Midwestern Russian mafia, in pursuit of a string of mathematical stabbings.
Author: Jeanne S. Chall Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674748859 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 212
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How severe is the literacy gap in our schools? In The Reading Crisis, the renowned reading specialist Jeanne Chall and her colleagues examine the causes of this disparity and suggest some remedies.
Author: Jill Grunenwald Publisher: Center Point ISBN: 9781643583211 Category : Languages : en Pages : 500
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In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master's degree in library science, ready to start living her dream of becoming a librarian. But the economy had a different idea. As the Great Recession reared its ugly head, jobs were scarce. After some searching, however, Jill was lucky enough to snag one of the few librarian gigs left in her home state of Ohio. The catch? The job was behind bars as the prison librarian at a men's minimum-security prison. Talk about baptism by fire.
Author: Natasha Alden Publisher: Manchester University Press ISBN: 1526102617 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 267
Book Description
This book takes the concept of postmemory, developed in Holocaust studies, and applies it for the first time to novels by contemporary British writers. Focusing on war fiction, Alden builds upon current scholarship on historical fiction and memory studies, and extends the field by exploring how the use of historical research within fiction illuminates the ways in which we remember and recreate the past. Using postmemory to unlock both the transgenerational aspects of the novels discussed and the development of historiographic metafiction, Alden provides a ground-breaking analysis of the nature and potential of contemporary historical fiction. By examining the patterns and motivations behind authors’ translations of material from the historical record into fiction, Alden also asks to what extent such writing is, necessarily, metafictional. Ultimately, this study offers an updated answer to the question that historical fiction has always posed: what can fiction do with history that history cannot?
Author: Jill Grunenwald Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1510737081 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 301
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“A fascinating look into a world many of us never see, and a powerful story about one woman’s journey to find her own strength, with a clear message of the importance of books and information for all.” —Booklist (American Library Association), starred review Shortlisted for the 2020 Social Justice & Advocacy Book Award by In the Margins Book Awards. In December 2008, twentysomething Jill Grunenwald graduated with her master’s degree in library science, ready to start living her dream of becoming a librarian. But the economy had a different idea. As the Great Recession reared its ugly head, jobs were scarce. After some searching, however, Jill was lucky enough to snag one of the few librarian gigs left in her home state of Ohio. The catch? The job was behind bars as the prison librarian at a men’s minimum-security prison. Talk about baptism by fire. As an untested twentysomething woman, to say that the job was out of Jill’s comfort zone was an understatement. She was forced to adapt on the spot, speedily learning to take the metal detectors, hulking security guards, and colorful inmates in stride. Over the course of a little less than two years, Jill came to see past the bleak surroundings and the orange jumpsuits and recognize the humanity of the men stuck behind bars. They were just like every other library patron—persons who simply wanted to read, to be educated and entertained through the written word. By helping these inmates, Jill simultaneously began to recognize the humanity in everyone and to discover inner strength that she never knew she had. At turns poignant and hilarious, Reading behind Bars is a perfect read for fans of Orange is the New Black and Shakespeare Saved My Life.
Author: Pat Johnson Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers ISBN: 1571107819 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 290
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Using examples from both adults and children, the authors explain and describe the complex integrated network of strategies that takes place in the minds of proficient readers, strategies that struggling readers have to learn in order to construct their own reading processes. The examples and scenarios of teacher/ student interactions in this book provide a sense of how it looks and what is sounds like to teach strategic actions to struggling readers.--[book cover].
Author: Anne Shannon Monroe Publisher: ISBN: Category : American fiction Languages : en Pages : 366
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"Scene: The Double O Ranch in the Whecatshe Valley in Oregon. Characters introduced in the first chapter: a boy and girl, Hal McNab and Helie, the latter an orphan brought up by Uncle Ril, owner of the OO and Aunt Izzy. Jim Battles, baron of Whecatshe Valley, visits Old Ril. It looks as if he had designs on the old ranch. Helie expresses intense dislike for him. Steve Buckaroo, Boss, conducts the education of Hall and Helie. He discovers that the child Helie has come to mean very much to him. Steve is worried lest Helie's hatred of Jim Battles exert a bad influence on her life. Steve introduces Helie to the Bible which had been his mother's and which Helie calls the "Mother Book." Six years have passed. The "OO" Ranch has increased in prosperity. Helie has developed in to a charming young woman. Hall is attending college. Hall asks Helie to marry him after his college course is finished. Helie visits Hall's home and that same night Hall's father, Dan McNab, is shot by Henry Minturn because Dan has accused his son of stealing horses. Jim Battles arrives at the OO Ranch and calls Old Ril to account for "fence cutting" promising trouble if it continues. Helie finds her horse, Polymena, dead on the desert."--Lewiston Evening Journal 1926.
Author: Peter Williamson Publisher: Teachers College Press ISBN: 0807779636 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 169
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This important volume examines how and why increasing numbers of students, disproportionately youth of color, are being taken from our schools and put into our prisons. Williamson and Appleman, along with a collection of scholars, teacher educators, K–12 teachers, administrators, and incarcerated students, offer their perspectives on how schooling can be restructured to disrupt this flow and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline. They present clearly articulated strategies on curriculum, pedagogy, and disciplinary practices that can help redirect our collective efforts away from carceral practices. By considering chapters from prison educators and currently incarcerated students (the end of the pipeline), readers will plainly see the disciplinary and curricular issues that need to be addressed in our schools. The text includes examples of meaningful ways to engage students that could be incorporated into a variety of classrooms, from social studies to science to English language arts. Book Features: Instructive cautionary tales with specific pedagogical and policy suggestions. Alternatives to discipline in schools, such as restorative justice and positive behavioral support.Insights to help educators consider the trajectory of their students, as well as suggestions for making the curriculum both relevant and sustaining. Directly addresses the ways in which an understanding of the mechanisms of the school-to-prison pipeline can be woven into teacher preparation.
Author: Natasha Alden
Author: Jonathan A. Allan
Author: Yelena Moskovich
Author: Jeanne S. Chall
Author: Jill Grunenwald
Author: Natasha Alden
Author: Jill Grunenwald
Author: Pat Johnson
Author: Anne Shannon Monroe
Author: Laurence Sterne
Author: Peter Williamson