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ERIC Number: EJ376069
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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An Afrocentric Approach to Literature: Putting the Pieces Back Together.
Oliver, Eileen
English Journal, v77 n5 p49-53 Sep 1988
Asserts that ethnic studies are interdisciplinary, and should be incorporated into all areas of learning to expand the students' world view. States that students must learn to judge the works of Black artists using an Afrocentric, not Eurocentric, model. Suggests ways of implementing the "Black aesthetic." (MM)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Literature, Class Activities, Cross Cultural Studies, English Instruction, Ethnocentrism, Literary Criticism, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Relativism; Ethnic Literature; Response to Literature