Author: Keith Gilyard
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0814322247
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0814322247
Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence (African American Life)
A unique blend of memoir and scholarship, Keith Gilyard's Voices of the Self is a penetrating analysis of the linguistic and cultural "collision" experienced by African-American students in the public education system. Get Voices of the Self literature books for free.
Gilyard examines black students "negotiate" their way through school and discusses the tension between the use of Black English and Standard English, underlining how that tension is representative of the deeper conflict that exists between black culture and white expectations. Vivid descriptions-often humorous, sometimes disturbing, always moving-of Gilyard's own childhood experiences in school and society are interlaced with chapters of solid sociolinguistic scholarship. Encompassing the perspectives of both the "street" Check Voices of the Self our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.
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Gilyard examines black students "negotiate" their way through school and discusses the tension between the use of Black English and Standard English, underlining how that tension is representative of the deeper conflict that exists between black culture and white expectations Encompassing the perspectives of both the "street"
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