Week 10: African American Childhood
Tuesday, Oct. 29:
Primary Sources
https://wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/1510/1546451/pdfs/incidents.pdf
For more on Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745-1797), see:
Thursday, Oct. 31: The Many Worlds of the Indian Child: Gendering the Child and Constituting Girlhood/Boyhood
Guest Speaker Dr. Pramiti Chatterjee
(I recommend reading “A Room with many colours;” “The Blue Umbrella;” and any two of your choice. Pay close attention to the backdrop and the context of the stories).
Recommended Film:
directed by Satyajit Ray.
African American Childhood
The Many Worlds of the Indian Child: Gendering the Child and Constituting Girlhood/Boyhood
Guest Speaker Dr. Pramiti Chatterjee • Ruskin Bond. The Essential Collection for Young Readers (pdf on BB) (I recommend reading “A Room with many colours;” “The Blue Umbrella;” and any two of your choice. Pay close attention to the backdrop and the context of the stories). • Grandma’s Bag of Tales (Selected Stories): Stories from Bengal, India https://www.ezccindia.org/pdf/book/bag.pdf • Swapna M. Banerjee. “The Many Worlds of Indian Children.” (pdf on BB) Recommended Film: • The Three Daughters (short stories by Rabindranath Tagore. directed by Satyajit Ray.
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