Re: [xmca] Child Development in Film and Literature: Help!

[Beth Ferholt <bferholt@gmail.com>]

Small Change
Show Me Love
Quinceanera
Under the Domin tree
those are films  --

books:
Celine by Brock Cole
Nobody's Family is Going to Chance by Louise Fitzhugh
Lotta books by Astrid Lindgren

wish I was still there to TA ... : ) --
Beth



On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Cathrene Connery <cconnery@ithaca.edu>wrote:

> Here are a few more:
>
> Film:
> Real Women Have Curves (About an Adolescent Latina Girl)
> Freedom Writers (A little hokey but at least it represents diversity in
> American schools)
> Books:
> The House on Mango Street: Sandra Cisneros
> War Dances: Sherman Alexie
>
> There are some excellent collections of short stories called "Growing Up
> Latina/o" and "Growing Up Native American" that might be of interest. And
> then there is a plethora of rich multicultural children's literature to use
> depending on the semiotic lens you will be looking through.
>
> Best wishes,
> Cathrene
>
> ________________________________________
> From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] on behalf
> of Shirley Franklin [s.franklin@dsl.pipex.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 4:01 PM
> To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Subject: Re: [xmca] Child Development in Film and Literature: Help!
>
> What a fantastic list. Is someone going to collate all this?
> Shirley
> On 18 Sep 2012, at 20:32, Rod Parker-Rees wrote:
>
> > Henry James, The turn of the screw - filmed as 'The Innocents'
> >
> > Rod
> > ________________________________________
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> > Behalf Of Michael Glassman [MGlassman@ehe.osu.edu]
> > Sent: 18 September 2012 18:12
> > To: lchcmike@gmail.com; eXtended Mind, Culture,  Activity
> > Subject: RE: [xmca] Child Development in Film and Literature: Help!
> >
> > I did this once with a class.  By far the most powerful book we
> > read was Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye."  It was her first novel
> > and hits very hard but with great elegance on topics that are
> > normally both taboo and everyday.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu on behalf of mike cole
> > Sent: Tue 9/18/2012 10:19 AM
> > To: eXtended Mind, Culture,Activity
> > Subject: [xmca] Child Development in Film and Literature: Help!
> >
> > I am thinking of teaching a course on the way the process of child
> > development
> > is represented in film and literature. Mostly I am aimed at
> > fiction, but
> > classic studies
> > such as "7 up" would count, I guess, but the focus is on fiction.
> > Just not
> > lecture on the topic.
> >
> > Frankenstein is on my list.
> > 400 Blows
> > South Park TV program
> > The Simpsons...
> >
> > I would really welcome suggestions.
> > mike
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