Approaches to Teaching Gaines's The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Other Works (Approaches to Teaching World Literature)

Offers pedagogical techniques for teaching the novels and short stories of Ernest Gaines in college literature classrooms, including considerations of race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, influences, slavery, Jim Crow, black power, the black arts movement, humor, folk culture, film, adaptations, and criminal law. Includes information on reference works and online resources.