Confronting Stereotypes: "Maus" in Crown Heights.

Loewenstein, Andrea Freud

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ERIC Number: EJ569930

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Publication Date: 1998

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Confronting Stereotypes: "Maus" in Crown Heights.

Loewenstein, Andrea Freud

College English, v60 n4 p396-420 Apr 1998

Concentrates specifically on the experience of using "Maus" (a narrative in comic strip form) with one class which met in spring 1996, after the accidental killing of a Black child by a Hasidic Jew in Crown Heights, New York. Uses the text at Medgar Evers College in a freshman composition course which also functions as an introduction to literature. Describes the classroom dynamics. (PA)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Ethnic Stereotypes, Freshman Composition, Group Discussion, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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