{"product_id":"9781603296557-approaches-to-teaching-jacobss-inc","title":"Approaches to Teaching Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStrategies for teaching a classic abolitionist text. Part 1, \"\"Materials,\"\" discusses different editions of the work and suggests background readings. The essays in part 2, \"\"Approaches,\"\" explore Jacobs’s literary techniques and influences, drawing on autobiography theory, medical humanities, and theology, among other perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStrategies for teaching a classic abolitionist text\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most commonly taught slave narratives, Harriet Jacobs's \u003ci\u003eIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is rightly celebrated for its progressive and distinctive appeals to dismantle the dehumanizing system of American slavery. Depicting the abuse Jacobs experienced, her years in hiding, and her escape to the North, the work evokes sympathy for Jacobs as a woman and a mother. Today, it continues to inform readers about gender and sexuality, power and justice, and Black identity in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 of this volume, \"Materials,\" discusses different editions of the work and suggests background readings. The essays in part 2, \"Approaches,\" explore Jacobs's literary techniques and influences, drawing on autobiography theory, medical humanities, and theology, among other perspectives. Contributors also propose pairings with historical and recent literary works as well as teaching approaches involving visual arts, geography, archives, digital humanities, and service learning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains discussion of William Wells Brown's \u003ci\u003eNarrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Written by Himself\u003c\/i\u003e; Frederick Douglass's \u003ci\u003eNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e; Fanny Fern's \u003ci\u003eRuth Hall\u003c\/i\u003e; Richard Hildreth's \u003ci\u003eThe Slave\u003c\/i\u003e, later republished as \u003ci\u003eArchy Moore\u003c\/i\u003e; Herman Melville's \u003ci\u003eTypee\u003c\/i\u003e; Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e; Dolan Perkins-Valdez's \u003ci\u003eWench\u003c\/i\u003e; Mark Twain's \u003ci\u003ePudd'nhead Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e; Colson Whitehead's \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e; and Harriet E. Wilson's \u003ci\u003eOur Nig\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54845446685046,"sku":"9781603296557","price":31.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34933791.jpg?v=1759787248","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781603296557-approaches-to-teaching-jacobss-inc","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}