Classics and Prison Education in the Us

ISBN-13: 9780367820619 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 136 str.

Emilio Capettini; Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz

Opis

This volume focuses on teaching Classics in carceral contexts in the US and offers an overview of the range of incarcerated adults, their circumstances, and the ways in which they are approaching and reinterpreting Greek and Roman texts.

Spis treści

Introduction  PART I: Old texts, new classrooms  1. Reading the emotions inside and outside: classical Greek texts in prison and beyond  2. “Because we’ve done bad things”: understanding timē in prison  3. Dialogic pedagogy as a model for teaching classics in prison  4. Surmises and surprises: notes on teaching ancient Greek literature in a correctional facility  5. Inside out: classical myth in a county jail  6. From family violence to civic order: ancient myths and modern theory in a medium-security prison  PART II: Beyond the classroom  7. Teaching Ovid to incarcerated students: an experiential analysis  8. A poetics of performance liberation: a conversation about The Odyssey Project  PART III: Critical pedagogy and the academy  9. Returning citizens and the responsibilities of the academy: teaching for Columbia university’s justice-in-education initiative  10. Racing and gendering classical mythology in the incarcerated classroom  11. Critical perspectives on prison pedagogy and classics