Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2004
Abstract
The author suggests that attending to the publishing history of Larsen’s novel and the resulting indeterminacy of its ending(s) offers a concrete example of a materially oriented pedagogy that can illuminate the racial politics behind textual production and its relation to particular historical and cultural moments. He suggests that such a pedagogy offers both another way of understanding the textual contingency emphasized in contemporary theory and a way of further opening up questions of textuality and meaning for students.
Recommended Citation
John K Young. Teaching Texts Materially: The Ends of Nella Larsen’s “Passing.” College English, v66 (2004): 632-651.
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African American Studies Commons, Literature in English, North America Commons, Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons
Comments
John K Young. Teaching Texts Materially: The Ends of Nella Larsen’s “Passing.” College English, v66 (2004): 632-651.
Copyright 2004 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Used with permission.