Theresa L Burriss

Appalachia in the Classroom: Teaching the Region Theresa L Burriss

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Dedication and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Creative Teaching of Appalachian History -- 1. Intro to Appalachian Studies: Navigating Myths of Appalachian Exceptionalism / Emily Satterwhite -- 2. Listening to Black Appalachian Laundrywomen: Teaching with Photographs, Letters, Diaries, and Lost Voices / Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt -- 3. The Southern Highlands according to Hollywood: Teaching Appalachian History through Film / John C. Inscoe -- Part 2. Appalachian Literature and Folktales in and Out of the Classroom -- 4. Building Bridges with Ron Rash's The World Made Straight: Results from One University and High School Partnership / Erica Abrams Locklear -- 5. The Feast Hall, the Arsenal, and the Mirror: Teaching Literature to Students at Risk / Jeff Mann -- 6. I Hear Appalachia Singing: Teaching Appalachian Literature in a General Education American Literature Course / Linda Tate -- 7. Way Back Yonder but Not So Far Away: Teaching Appalachian Folktales / Tina L. Hanlon -- Part 3. The Novel in Appalachia Eight -- 8. Teaching Modern Appalachia in Wilma Dykeman's The Far Family / Patricia M. Gantt -- 9. Fred Chappells I Am One of You Forever as a Subject for Literary Analysis and an Alternative Image of Mid-Twentieth-Century Appalachia / Ricky L. Cox -- 10. Startling Morals: Teaching Ecofiction with Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer / Felicia Mitchell -- Part 4. Appalachian Poetry and Prose -- 11. Appalachian Poetry: A Field Guide for Teachers / R. Parks Lanier Jr. -- 12. From Harlem Home to Affrilachia: Teaching the Literary Journey / Theresa L. Burriss -- 13. Teaching the Poetry and Prose of Marilou Awiakta / Grace Toney Edwards -- 14. Toward Crystal-Tight Arrays: Teaching the Evolving Art of Robert Morgan's Poetry / Robert M. West -- Contributors -- Index. Review Citations:

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Contributor Bio:  Burriss, Theresa L Theresa L. Burriss is the Chair of Appalachian Studies and Director of the Appalachian Regional & Rural Studies Center at Radford University, Virginia. She is the contributing senior editor of "Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture, " and her publications on the Affrilachians have appeared in the journals "Appalachian Heritage" and "Iron Mountain Review, " as well as in the books "An American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature" and "Encyclopedia of African American Literature."Contributor Bio:  Gantt, Patricia M Theresa L. Burriss is the Chair of Appalachian Studies and Director of the Appalachian Regional & Rural Studies Center at Radford University, Virginia. She is the contributing senior editor of "Pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture, " and her publications on the Affrilachians have appeared in the journals "Appalachian Heritage" and "Iron Mountain Review, " as well as in the books "An American Vein: Critical Readings in Appalachian Literature" and "Encyclopedia of African American Literature."