Incorporating Foreign Language Content in Humanities Courses

Introduction; Part I Literature; Chapter 1 Linking language and literature, Leah Tolbert Lyons; Chapter 2 A bilingual approach to a humanities course: enriching Japanese learning through translating flash fiction into English, Catherine Ryu; Chapter 3 Engaging language policies and poetics in an African literature classroom, Julie Huntington; Chapter 4 Finding meaning in translation: critical reading for Japanese literature and film in translation, Chiaki Takagi; Chapter 5 Spanish Golden Age literature in the general education curriculum: sharing the riches of culture and language, Charlene Kalinoski; Part II Linguistics; Chapter 6 Japanese and English in contact: linguistic and cultural perspectives, Priya Ananth; Chapter 7 Understanding key sociocultural concepts in Japanese: unlocking the door to communication, Kathy Negrelli; Chapter 8 Approaching language issues critically: language in Japanese society, Rika Ito; Chapter 9 Japanese sociolinguistics: Reacting to the Past and beyond, Noriko Akimoto Sugimori; Chapter 10 Language, identity, and power in Japan: gender in Japanese language, Junko Ueno; Part III Culture; Chapter 11 Teaching katakana in a cool Japan culture course, Yumiko Tashiro; Chapter 12 Understanding Chinese behavioral culture through cross-cultural communication, Junqing (Jessie) Jia; Chapter 13 Introducing the Portuguese language through Brazilian popular culture, Soraya Calheiros Nogueira; Chapter 14 Culture and language appreciation in a history of Latin America course, Beatriz Garc­a Glick; Chapter 15 Heroes and Hero­nas: teaching myths and legends through Hispanic culture, Tiffany Gagliardi Trotman; Conclusion