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Genre/Form: | Biography collective biographies Biographies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lanehart, Sonja L. Sista, speak! Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002 (OCoLC)606763643 |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sonja L Lanehart |
ISBN: | 0292747284 9780292747289 0292747292 9780292747296 |
OCLC Number: | 48098527 |
Description: | x, 252 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Pt. 1: the narratives: peculiar to your mind -- Our language our selves -- Maya: it doesn't bother me -- Grace: I always wondered if my life would have been different if -- Reia: searching for my place -- Deidra: a mother's love is the greatest gift of all -- Sonja: I had to do what I wanted to do -- Pt. 2: the analyses: surreality -- Maya: I'm comfortable like I am -- Grace: If I could've gotten into a trade school -- Reia: I am proud of myself -- Deidra: I was hiding I didn't know I was scared -- Sonja: I had a positive experience -- The rest of the story. |
Responsibility: | Sonja L. Lanehart. |
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Abstract:
How this valorization of "proper" English has affected the language, literacy, educational achievements, and self-image of five African American women-the author's grandmother, mother, aunt, sister, and herself.
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"This book is a major achievement by one of the brightest young scholars in the field." Geneva Smitherman, author of Talkin That Talk: Language, Culture, and Education in African America
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- African American women -- Social conditions.
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- Language and culture -- United States.
- Noires américaines -- Conditions sociales.
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- Noires américaines -- Biographies.
- Noirs américains -- Identité ethnique.
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