Still seeking an attitude : critical reflections on the work of June Jordan / edited by Valerie Kinloch, Margret Grebowicz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kinloch, Valerie, 1974-

Grebowicz, Margret, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jordan, June, 1936-2002--Criticism and interpretation.

Jordan, June.

Jordan, June, 1936-2002.

Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.

Women and literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

History.

African Americans in literature.

Physical Description:

ix, 284 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2004]

Contents:

Editors' introduction : "Olive and us: notes for an empire of barbarians" / Margret Grebowicz and Valerie Kinloch

Poem : "Case in point" / by June Jordan

"This is the only time to come together" : June Jordan's publics and the possibility of democracy / Nicky Marsh

Exposing the lie of neutrality : June Jordan's Affirmative acts / Christina Accomando

Narrating nation : exploring the space of Americaness and the place of African American women through the works of June Jordan / Ramona Coleman

Poem : "What would I do White?" / by June Jordan

Black English as a linguistic system : a statement about our rights / Valerie Kinloch

Telling her own truth : June Jordan, standard English, and the epistemology of ignorance / Nancy McHugh

Notes toward a multicultural writing center : the problems of language in a democratic state / Ann E. Green

Poem : "One minus one minus one" / by June Jordan

"Affirmative acts" : language, childhood, and power in June Jordan's cross-writing / Richard Flynn

Taking children seriously : June Jordan's contribution to African American children's literature / KaaVonia Hinton-Johnson

Beyond "orientation" : on sex, poetry, and the violability of children / Margret Grebowicz

Poem : "Calling on all silent minorities" / by June Jordan

Performing "righteous certainty" : the shifting poetic address of June Jordan's war resistance poetry / Philip Metres

June Jordan's radical pedagogy : activist poetry in public education / Kirsten Bartholomew Ortega

Finding a democratic speech : the intercultural poetics and pedagogy of June Jordan's poetry for the people / Jonathan Stalling

Poem : "War and memory" / by June Jordan

Writing war, writing memory / Jane Creighton

Words & roses / Rafael Jesús González

June, with love / Laura Flanders

A colored democracy : "cultural exchange" revisited / Valerie Kinloch

Directed by desire / Sara Miles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index.

ISBN:

0739108751

OCLC:

55018613