"Routledge Focus" -- front cover.

Introduction / Emilio Capettini, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz -- Part 1: Old texts, new classrooms. Reading the emotions inside and outside: classical Greek texts in prison and beyond / Emily Allen-Hornblower -- "Because we've done bad things" : reading the Homeric hymn to Demeter in prison / Elizabeth Bobrick -- Dialogic pedagogy as a model for teaching classics in prison / Nancy Felson, Nebojša Todorović -- Surmises and surprises : notes on teaching ancient Greek literature in a correctional facility / Amy E. Johnson, Laura M. Slatkin -- Inside out : classical myth in a county jail / Alexandra Pappas -- From family violence to civic order : ancient myths and modern theory in a medium security prison / Stephen Scully

Part 2: Beyond the classroom. Teaching Ovid to incarcerated students : an experiential analysis / Nicole Dib, Olga Faccani -- A poetics of performance liberation : a conversation about The Odyssey project / Zachary Price, Michael Morgan -- Part 3: Critical pedagogy and the academy. Returning citizens and the responsibility of the academy : teaching in Columbia University's Justice-in-Education Initiative / Dan-el Padilla Peralta -- Racing and gendering classical mythology in the incarcerated classroom / Elena Dugan, Mathura Umachandran -- Critical perspectives on prison pedagogy and classics / Jessica Wright.

"This volume focuses on teaching Classics in carceral contexts in the US and offers an overview of the range of incarcerated adults, their circumstances, and the ways in which they are approaching and reinterpreting Greek and Roman texts. Classics and Prison Education in the US examines how different incarcerated adults - male, female, or gender non-conforming; young or old; serving long sentences or about to be released - are reading and discussing Classical texts and what this may entail. Moreover it provides a sophisticated examination of the best pedagogical practices for teaching in a prison setting and for preparing returning citizens, as well as a considered discussion of the possible dangers of engaging in such teaching - whether because of the potential complicity with the carceral state, or because of the historical position of Classics in elitist education. This edited volume will be a unique and invaluable resource to those studying the practice of teaching Classics, as well as the role that Classics can play in different areas of society and education, and the impact it can have"-- Provided by publisher.

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