Florida studies : proceedings of the 2010 Annual General Meeting of the Florida College English Association / edited by Paul D. Reich (general editor) and Maurice J. O'Sullivan (executive editor).

Includes bibliographical references.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; PEDAGOGY; FACEBOOKING YOUR STUDENTS IN FLORIDA; PAGES OF HABITAT; MAPPING AMERICA'S YOUTH AS CHANGE AGENTS; BRINGING RACE TO THE TABLE; OLD FLORIDA; LA RELACIÓN DE ALVAR NÚÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA; EXTRAORDINARY REALMS; THE FAILURE AND OPPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH PATRIARCHAL VIEWS IN JONAH'S GOURD VINE; ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S BLACK MALE AESTHETIC; PASSING FOR RACIST; STRIPPING THE ARTIFICE; PAT FRANK'S ALAS, BABYLON AND THE NUCLEAR CONSCIOUSNESS NOVEL GENRE OF THE 1950S; CONTEMPORARY FLORIDA; FLORIDA IN JOHN UPDIKE'S RABBIT AT REST.

ARE WE THERE YET? IN SEARCH OF FLORIDA POETSFITTING IT ALL IN; LOST PROMISE, BEAUTIFUL FAILURE; LAND, CLASS, AND MONEY; REFORMED VAMPIRES FROM FORKS TO FLORIDA; NASA BECOMES NOSTALGIA.

This volume contains a variety of essays about Florida literature and history by scholars from across the state representing every kind of institution of higher learning, from community colleges to small liberal arts institutions to large universities. The first section, Pedagogy, explores the challenges facing Florida teachers at both the high school and undergraduate levels. The essays in Old Florida take on a myriad of texts that provide evaluations of Florida and its culture from the 1540 ...

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