Can I teach that? : negotiating taboo language and controversial topics in the language arts classroom / edited by Suzanne Linder and Elizabeth Majerus.

Contributor Linder, Suzanne, editor.

ImprintLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

Descriptionxiii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:Don't shy away from books about tough issues / Jabari Asim -- Teaching the banned books project / Stephen E. Rayburn -- A true war story: addressing the real obscenities / Suzanne Linder -- Creative profanity: strong language in student work / Elizabeth Majerus -- Defending Arnold's spirit: battling a big book challenge in a small town / Amy Collins -- Challenging homophobic and heteronormative language: queering the Merchant of Venice / Stephanie Ann Shelton -- From canon to "pornography" : common core and the backlash against multicultural literature / Loretta Gaffney -- The fine art of defusing an N-bomb: the challenges of navigating racially charged language in the (majority white) African American literature classroom / Matt Mitchell -- Too close to dead: addressing racist language head-on in the African American ELA classroom / Jalisa Bates -- Libraries unfiltered: increase access, grow the whole child / Frances Jacobson Harris and Amy L. Atkinson.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.

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