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

Contributor(s): Linder, Suzanne [editor.] | Majerus, Elizabeth [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (127 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781475814781 (e-book)Subject(s): Language arts (Secondary) -- Social aspects | Taboo, Linguistic | Prohibited booksGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Can I teach that? : negotiating taboo language and controversial topics in the language arts classroom.DDC classification: 428.0071/2 LOC classification: LB1631 | .C365 2016Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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