Reading Moby Dick From the Borderlands

• In Event: 68.061 - Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: 68.061-7 - Curriculum as Inclusive Practice

Abstract

This paper presents a reading of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick using Gloria Anzaldúa’s (2007) notion of borderlands and mestiza consciousness, useful for addressing social justice and multicultural education issues in the high school or university classroom. The authors address themes related to race, ableism, culture, and queerness covered in the novel.

Authors

• Kristin Kistner Hall, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Patrick Slattery, Texas A&M University

• Sungyoon Lee, Texas A&M University - College Station

• Mario I Suárez, Utah State University