Roundtable: Teaching Little Women.

The article presents a roundtable discussion on the significance of teaching a scholarly book by Louisa May Alcott, "Little Women." Topics covered include the experiences in teaching the book as part of a course in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at Kansas State University, the pairing of the n...

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Published in:Women's Studies Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 446 - 459
Main Authors: Hubler, Angela, Dassow Walls, Laura, Pennell, Melissa McFarland
Format: Proceedings
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jun2019
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Summary:The article presents a roundtable discussion on the significance of teaching a scholarly book by Louisa May Alcott, "Little Women." Topics covered include the experiences in teaching the book as part of a course in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at Kansas State University, the pairing of the novel with Julia Alvarez's "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents," and the book's effectiveness as a tool for studying feminism.