Political Attentiveness vs. Political Correctness: Teaching Pat Barker's "Blow Your House Down"

Political Attentiveness vs. Political Correctness: Teaching Pat Barker's "Blow Your House Down"

Pat Barker is a college graduate, the mother of two children and the wife of a college professor, but her book "Blow Your House Down" provides a chilling look at the world of working-class women who resort to prostitution as a means of making a living. Guidelines for teaching Barker's...

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Veröffentlicht in:College literature 1991-10, Vol.18 (3), p.44-54
1. Verfasser: Ardis, Ann
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Barker, Pat
British & Irish literature
Children
Class discussion
College instruction
English literature
Feminist theory
Legislatures
Literary criticism
Mothers
Multicultural education
Novels
Political correctness
Prostitution
Reading
Sex workers
Teachers
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Zusammenfassung:Pat Barker is a college graduate, the mother of two children and the wife of a college professor, but her book "Blow Your House Down" provides a chilling look at the world of working-class women who resort to prostitution as a means of making a living. Guidelines for teaching Barker's text are given.
ISSN:0093-3139
1542-4286