Repositioning Ourselves in the Contact Zone

Authors

Phyllis E. VanSlyck, CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1997

Abstract

This essay investigates ways students respond to cultural differences and cultural conflicts presented in literary texts and considers effective pedagogical strategies for dealing with such issues in the classroom. How can we encourage an exploration of cultural issues that texts embody and critique in a way that encourages an understanding of ways values are culturally constructed?

Comments

Originally published in College English, vol. 59, no. 2, 1997, pp. 149-170.