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Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence (African American Life)
ISBN-13:
9780814322246
ISBN-10:
0814322247
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Keith Gilyard
Publication date:
1991
Publisher:
Wayne State University Press
Format:
Hardcover
184 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780814322246
ISBN-10:
0814322247
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Keith Gilyard
Publication date:
1991
Publisher:
Wayne State University Press
Format:
Hardcover
184 pages
Summary
Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence (African American Life) (ISBN-13: 9780814322246 and ISBN-10: 0814322247), written by authors
Keith Gilyard, was published by Wayne State University Press in 1991.
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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. 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" and the "academy," Voices of the Self presents an eloquent argument for cultural and linguistic pluralism in American public schools.
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