Reconsidering Early Modern Spanish Literature through Mass and Popular Culture: Contemporizing the Classics for the Classroom

Reconsidering Early Modern Spanish Literature through Mass and Popular Culture: Contemporizing the Classics for the Classroom

  • Author: Gasior, Bonnie L.; Badía. Mindy E.(eds.)
  • Publisher: Juan de la Cuesta – Hispanic Monographs
  • ISBN: 9781588713780
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781588713797
  • Place of publication:  Newark , United States
  • Year of publication: 2021
  • Pages: 362
This volume offers recontextualizations of the classics of Spanish literature as a complement to instructors' own approaches in order to promote student engagement and enliven class discussions. Foreword by Catherine Larson and Charles Victor Ganelin. Afterword by Edward H. Friedman. Featuring the work of: Bruce Burningham David Castillo William Childers Bradley Nelson Sonia Pérez-Villanueva Mindy Badía Robert Bayliss Yolanda Gamboa Tusquets Anthony Grubbs Valerie Hegstrom Margaret Marek Lori Bernard Sidney Donnell Bonnie Gasior John Slater Darci Strother
  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword, Charles Ganelin and Catherine Larson
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Leveraging Pop and Mass Culture in the Classroom: Pedagogical Possibilities, Mindy Badia and Bonnie Gasior
  • Part I: Theoretical Practice
    • Harry Potter and the Buried Self: Pureza de sangre, Cryptonomy, and the Ethics of Concealment in J.K. Rowling’s Potterverse, Bruce Burningham
    • Not Your Father’s Classroom: Looking Back at the Golden Age through the Lens of the #MeToo Movement. David Castillo
    • ‘A Most Timely Message for This Tired and Cynical World’: Man of La Manc (1 ha965) as the Depoliticization of Counterculture Quixotism, William Childers
    • Engaging Students on the #MeToo Movement: Framing Contemporary Crime Shows with Tirso and Zayas, Bradley Nelson
    • #MeToo in Early Modern Spain: Visual Pleasures and Silence Breakers, Sonia Pérez-Villanueva
  • Part II: Practical Theory
    • Representing Black Speech in Spanish Golden Age Poetry and U.S. Hip- Hop Culture: The Case of Góngora, Mindy Badía
    • ‘Tan largo me lo fiáis’ in the Era of ‘#TimesUp’: El burlador de Sevilla as Foil to Feminism in the Age of Trumpism, Robert Bayliss
    • ‘Pop Don Quixote’: The Big Bang Theory as Quixotic Emulation, Yolanda Gamboa Tusquets
    • Popularity, Paternity, and Porn: A Classroom Exploration of the Twenty-First Century Don Juan in Film, Anthony Grubbs
    • Teaching the Mujer Varonil as the Wonder Woman of Early Modern Spain, Valerie Hegstrom
    • The Fastest Lance in the West: Don Quijote, High Plains Drifter, Margaret Marek
  • Part III: Classroom as Case Study/Popping Pedagogy
    • From the Epopeya to the Narcocorrido : The Hero in Hispanic Literature and Popular Culture, Lori Bernard
    • The Loves and Follies of Teaching Non-canonical Texts that ‘Pop’: Morales’ Comedia de los amores y locuras del conde loco, Sidney Donnell
    • Enrique Iglesias, Madonna and ¿San Juan de la Cruz?: Using Pop Music to Teach Spanish Mystic Poetry, Bonnie Gasior
    • Drugs, Magic, Coercion, and Consent: From María de Zayas to the ‘World’s Scariest Drug’, John Slater
    • Students as Co-Architects at Hispanic Serving Institutions: Latinx Students Building Knowledge in Siglo Studies, Darci Strother
  • Afterword: The Faces of Relevance, Edward Friedman
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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