Approaches to Teaching Baraka's Dutchman

First performed in 1964, Amiri Baraka's play about a charged encounter between a black man and a white woman still has the power to shock. The play, steeped in the racial issues of its time, continues to speak to racial violence and inequality today. This volume offers strategies for guiding students through this short but challenging text.

Summary

First performed in 1964, Amiri Baraka's play about a charged encounter between a black man and a white woman still has the power to shock. The play, steeped in the racial issues of its time, continues to speak to racial violence and inequality today. This volume offers strategies for guiding students through this short but challenging text.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew (EDT)/ Early Calihman
• Assisted by: Matthew Calihman (Editor), Gerald Early (Editor)
• Publisher: Modern Language Assn Of Amer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781603293556
• ISBN: 978-1-60329-355-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Approaches to Teaching World L; Approaches to Teaching World L; Approaches to Teaching World Literature S.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies