Machine generated contents note: pt. V Colleen C. Ho. The Literatures of the Global Middle Ages / Helen Young -- Stories of the Silk Roads / Susan Whitfield -- Teaching the Worlds of the Thousand and One Nights / Rachel Schine -- Teaching Benjamin of Tudela's Book of Travels and the Jewish Middle Ages / Marci Freed man -- Teaching the World through the Alexander Legend, a Global Story / Su Fang Ng -- The Persian World: A Literary Language in Motion / Shahzad Bashir -- Teaching Prester John, a Global Legend / Christopher Taylor -- pt. II Zones and Geographies of the Global -- The Epic of Sunjata and the Changing Worlds of Trans-Saharan Africa / Michael A. Gomez -- Teaching the Mongols, Eurasia, and the World / Timothy May -- The Worlds of South Asia / Emma J. Flatt -- Chinese Literature and the World: The Tang, Song, and Yuan Dynasties / Yuanfei Wang -- Teaching the Malay Annals, or Southeast Asia in the World / Derek Heng -- Jewish History or History of the Jews as Global History / Eva Haverkamp-Rott -- pt. III Habitus: Mapping, Environments, Disease, Animals -- Mapping the Worlds of the Global Middle Ages / Cordell D. K. Yee -- Deserts, Cities, and Frozen Poles: Teaching Ecology in Early Texts / Jeffrey J. Cohen -- The World Is an Inn: Habitus in the Global Middle Ages / Wan-Chuan Kao -- Disability, Disease, and a Global Middle Ages / Jonathan Hsy -- The Camel in Early Global Literatures / Denise A. Spellberg -- pt. IV Modalities of Culture, Technologies of Culture -- Soundscapes in the Global Middle Ages / Gabriela Currie -- Teaching a Global Middle Ages through Manuscripts / Bryan C. Keene -- Medieval Drama, East and West / Elizabeth Oyler -- Teaching the World through Digital Technology and Media / Lynn Ramey -- Teaching the Global Middle Ages through Popular Culture / Helen Young -- pt. V Resources -- Colleen C. Ho.
Summary:
"Offers pedagogical techniques for teaching literature and culture of the medieval world, including legends about Alexander and Prester John and contact points such as the Silk Road and the Mongol Empire. Gives syllabus suggestions for undergraduate and graduate courses in literature, history, religion, and languages. Includes a list of resources"-- Provided by publisher.
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