{"product_id":"dear-charles-dickens-love-south-la-literature-place-and-belonging-paperback","title":"Dear Charles Dickens, Love, South La: Literature, Place, and Belonging - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Jean Barrios\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Charles Dickens, Love, South LA\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how students at Foshay Learning Center, a public school in South Los Angeles, studied Charles Dickens as part of their AP English curriculum, and how, in that journey, a fellow traveler emerged: the city itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jacqueline Jean Barrios confronts the cultural challenges that big canonical books pose to new generations of readers. Instead of erasing the differences between Dickens's implied audiences and his current ones, Barrios demonstrates how youth can serve as the visionaries who bridge the gap. By placing literature in everyday surroundings, students at any school and in any location can learn from the embodied and the poetic and even question the universalism that masks unexamined reverence for the Western canon.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacqueline Jean Barrios\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of public and applied humanities at the University of Arizona. She co-leads the Urban Humanities Network and directs creative place-keeping initiatives centered on the historical, cultural, and environmental resilience of the Borderlands. Barrios lives in Tucson, Arizona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48757296431353,"sku":"9781685970796","price":37.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/IA_e4Kvl0V9781685970796.webp?v=1785946270","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dear-charles-dickens-love-south-la-literature-place-and-belonging-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}