African American literacies / Elaine Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Elaine B., 1960-

Series:

Literacies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--African American students.

English language.

Literacy--Study and teaching.

Literacy.

Physical Description:

xiii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

African American Literacies is a personal, public and political exploration of literacy education from the points of view of students from the African American Vernacular English (AAVE) culture. Drawing on personal experience, Elaine Richardson provides a compelling account of the language and literacy practices of African American students. The book offers teachers new ways of thinking about and incorporating linguistic diversity into their theories and pedagogical methods of addressing students from AAVE cultures. Richardson builds on recent research to argue that teachers need not only to recognize the value and importance of African American culture, but also to use African American English when teaching AAVE speakers standard English. African American Literacies offers a holistic and culturally relevant approach to literacy education, and is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the literacy practices of African American students.

Contents:

Introduction: don't we still have to prove our humanity? 1

1 Literacy, language, composition, rhetoric and (not) the African American student: sick and tired of being sick and tired 6

2 The literacies of African American-centered rhetoric and composition: freestylin' or lookin' for a style that's free 31

3 "To protect and serve": African American female literacies 73

4 African American-centered rhetoric, composition, and literacy: theory and research 95

5 Composition in a fifth key: rhetorics and discourses in an African American-centered writing classroom 114

6 Dukin' it out with "the powers that be": centering African American-centered studies and students in the traditional curriculum 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-172) and index.

ISBN:

0415268826

0415268834

OCLC:

50301294