1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461440203321

Titolo

Creolization as cultural creativity [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Robert Baron and Ana C. Cara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2011

ISBN

1-283-24570-1

9786613245700

1-61703-107-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaronRobert A

CaraAna C

Disciplina

398.209763

Soggetti

Creoles - Louisiana

Creoles - Caribbean Area

Creoles - Argentina

Folklore - Performance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Creolization as Cultural Creativity; Metaphors of Incommensurability; Monde Créole: The Cultural World of French Louisiana Creoles and the Creolization of World Cultures; Creolization, Nam, Absent Loved Ones, Watchers, and Serious Play with "Toys"; Ritual Piracy: Or Creolization with an Attitude; Africa's Creole Drum: The Gumbe as Vector and Signifier of Trans-African Creolization; Techniques of Creolization; Creole Talk: The Poetics and Politics of Argentine Verbal Art; Villes, Poèmes: The Postwar Routes of Caribbean Creolization

Amalgams and Mosaics, Syncretisms and Reinterpretations: Reading Herskovits and Contemporary Creolists for Metaphors of CreolizationAbout Face: Rethinking Creolization; References; List of Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Global in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, Creolization as Cultural Creativity explores the expressive forms and performances that come into being when cultures encounter one another.



Creolization is presented as a powerful marker of identity in the postcolonial creole societies of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southwest Indian Ocean region, as well as a universal process that can occur anywhere cultures come into contact. An extraordinary number of cultures from Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the southern United States, Trinidad and Tobago, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, R

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961560903321

Autore

Moreillon Judi

Titolo

Collaborative strategies for teaching reading comprehension : maximizing your impact / / Judi Moreillon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2007

ISBN

1-4416-1882-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

372.47

Soggetti

Reading comprehension - Study and teaching

Lesson planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Collaborative teaching in the age of accountability -- Maximizing your impact -- Reading comprehension strategy one: activating or building background knowledge -- Reading comprehension strategy two: using sensory images -- Reading comprehension strategy three: questioning -- Reading comprehension strategy four: making predictions and inferences -- Reading comprehension strategy five: determining main ideas -- Reading comprehension strategy six: using fix-up options -- Reading comprehension strategy seven: synthesizing.

Sommario/riassunto

Research shows that collaboration between classroom teachers and teacher-librarians improves overall effectiveness in increasing student's reading comprehension. Drawing on cutting edge research in instructional strategies, Moreillon, a veteran teacher-librarian, offers a clear, rigorous roadmap to the task of teaching reading comprehension in a proven collaborative process.