The Struggle and the Tools: Oral and Literate Strategies in an Inner City Community
ISBN-13:
9780791439821
ISBN-10:
0791439828
Author:
Ellen Cushman
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Format:
Paperback
300 pages
Category:
Linguistics
,
Words, Language & Grammar
,
Social Sciences
,
Urban
,
Sociology
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ISBN-13:
9780791439821
ISBN-10:
0791439828
Author:
Ellen Cushman
Publication date:
1998
Publisher:
State University of New York Press
Format:
Paperback
300 pages
Category:
Linguistics
,
Words, Language & Grammar
,
Social Sciences
,
Urban
,
Sociology
Summary
The Struggle and the Tools: Oral and Literate Strategies in an Inner City Community (ISBN-13: 9780791439821 and ISBN-10: 0791439828), written by authors
Ellen Cushman, was published by State University of New York Press in 1998.
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Explores the daily lives of a group of inner city residents, focusing particularly upon their language use and other types of literate strategies used to gain resources, access to social institutions, and respect.
The Struggle and the Tools explores the daily lives and language use of African-American men, women, and children living in an inner city neighborhood. Based on three-and-a-half years of fieldwork, this book presents the oral, literate, and analytical strategies (the “tools”) inner city residents use to gain resources, access to social institutions, and respect (the “struggle”). It honors both the types of agency present in the struggle, and the kinds of linguistic savvy present in the tools. It examines the deep games of power they play with their language and social consciousness and characterizes their daily experiences without glorification.
The Struggle and the Tools explores the daily lives and language use of African-American men, women, and children living in an inner city neighborhood. Based on three-and-a-half years of fieldwork, this book presents the oral, literate, and analytical strategies (the “tools”) inner city residents use to gain resources, access to social institutions, and respect (the “struggle”). It honors both the types of agency present in the struggle, and the kinds of linguistic savvy present in the tools. It examines the deep games of power they play with their language and social consciousness and characterizes their daily experiences without glorification.
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