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therefore serve many teachers, from those who wish to incorporate sections of the Bible into literature courses to those who wish to adopt interdisciplinary strategies for presenting the Bible to their students. The volume, like others in the MLA’s Approaches to Teaching World Literature series, is divided into two parts. The first part, “Materials,” surveys translations and editions of the Hebrew Bible
Homer’s epics usually appear first in anthologies used for the general literature courses required of most college and high school students throughout the country. His influence extends beyond the confines of English and classics departments into seminars offered in comparative literature, history, philosophy, and the social sciences. This volume in the Approaches to Teaching World Literature
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Asian Literatures addresses such subjects as gender imparity in male-dominated professions; the lives of migrant sex workers and caregivers; the fight against reproductive, family, non-partner, and intimate partner violence; and norms of shame and silence surrounding violence against women. Informed by the author's deep knowledge of literature, history, culture, law, and social conditions, this book
Africa (147) Michael A. Gomez Teaching the Mongols, Eurasia, and the World (163) Timothy May The Worlds of South Asia (177) Emma J. Flatt Chinese Literature and the World: The Tang, Song, and Yuan Dynasties (194) Yuanfei Wang Teaching the Malay Annals , or Southeast Asia in the World (207) Derek Heng Jewish History or History of the Jews as Global History (218) Eva Haverkamp-Rott Part III: Habitus
People migrate to seek opportunities, to unite with family, and to escape war, persecution, poverty, and environmental disasters. A phenomenon that has real, lived effects on individuals and communities, migration also carries symbolic, ideological significance. Its depiction in literature, film, and other media powerfully shapes worldviews, identities, attitudes toward migrants, and a political
“An excellent and important addition to the list of MLA teaching volumes. . . . essential reading [for scholars and students in] South Asian studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, world literatures, Anglophone literatures, postcolonial studies and gender studies.” —South Asia Research
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