{"product_id":"approaches-to-teaching-gainess-the-john-wharton-lowe-9781603294218","title":"Approaches to Teaching Gaines's the Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Other Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a woman, a community, and the African American experience from the Civil War through Jim Crow to the civil rights movement. This narrative and Gaines's other novels and short stories explore the life of blacks in the South, their religious traditions and folkways, and their struggles under oppression. The southern communities described are diverse: blacks, creoles of color, poor whites, and wealthy landowners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 of this volume provides biographical information about Ernest Gaines and a discussion of critical and background studies of his narrative. The essays in part 2 will help teachers of African American literature, American literature, and southern literature convey to their students various aspects of Gaines's work and the adaptations of it in relation to southern literature, history, music, folk culture, and vernaculars of English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Wharton Lowe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160329421X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603294218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Language Association of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"John Wharton Lowe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623281635583,"sku":"9781603294218","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/approaches-to-teaching-gainess-the-john-wharton-lowe-9781603294218","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}