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Peer reviewedBrogan, Kathleen – College English, 1995
Discusses the ghosts and haunting in recent American fiction. Considers the similarity of function of ghosts in contemporary ethnic American literatures. Identifies a specific kind of ghost story, a "cultural haunting," that has recently emerged in large numbers in ethnic American literature. (HB)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Ethnic Groups, Ethnography
Peer reviewedKoch, Susan, Comp. – English Journal, 1977
Describes twelve multicultural novels, two short stories, and several poems, and suggests how they might be taught in the English classroom. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Studies, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedHarper, Helen; And Others – Gender and Education, 1996
Examines the connection between an English-in-the-workplace (EWP) class and the linguistic behavior of immigrant women garment factory employees. Results suggest that newly acquired English skills may be reinforcing linguistic behavior that reconstitutes traditional relations between workers and management. However, EWP does not appear to empower…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Criticism, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
