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Informationen zum Autor Valérie K. Orlando is professor of French and Francophone literatures in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Maryland.Sandra Messinger Cypess is professor of Latin American literatures in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Maryland. Klappentext This volume brings together scholars working in different languages-Creole, French, English, Spanish-and modes of cultural production-literature, art, film, music-to suggest how best to model courses that impart the rich, vibrant, and multivalent aspects of the Caribbean in the classroom. Zusammenfassung This volume brings together scholars working in different languages-Creole! French! English! Spanish-and modes of cultural production-literature! art! film! music-to suggest how best to model courses that impart the rich! vibrant! and multivalent aspects of the Caribbean in the classroom. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: "Situating the Caribbean: Texts and Contexts," Valérie Orlando Chapter 1: "Approaching the Caribbean from a Latin American Perspective," Sandra Cypess Chapter 2: "Teaching the Caribbean across Borders: the Web Approach," Véronique MaisierChapter 3: "Islands without Borders: Teaching the Caribbean across Languages and Cultures," Anne François and Cécile Accilien Chapter 4: "Islands without Borders: Analyzing the Caribbean through the Vehicle of Translation Studies," Krista SlagleChapter 5: "Caribbean Drama: A Stage for Cross-Cultural Poetics," Camille StevensChapter 6: "Plantation Portraits: Teaching the Hispanic Caribbean through the Arts," Lizabeth Paravisini-GebertChapter 7: "'A Hispaniola Conspiracy': Edwidge Danticat and Junot Díaz Performing (in) the Caribbean Public Sphere," Elizabeth Russ Chapter 8: "Defending Freedom and Human Rights: Teaching Toussaint Louverture and Haiti's History," Aude DieudéBibliography of Useful Resources and Texts Glossary of Selected TermsIndex Notes on Contributors...
