Voices of the self : a study of language competence / Keith Gilyard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilyard, Keith, 1952-

Series:

African American Life Series

African American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gilyard, Keith, 1952---Childhood and youth.

Gilyard, Keith.

Sociolinguistics--United States.

Sociolinguistics.

African Americans--Languages.

African Americans.

African Americans--Education.

English language--Social aspects--United States.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, c1991.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Series Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction ""; ""2. First Lessons ""; ""3. Rapping, Reading, and Role-playing ""; ""Early Language ""; ""Reading Acquisition ""; ""Impression Management ""; ""4. Semivoices ""; ""5. Getting Over the Hump ""; ""The Hump ""

""Gittin Ovuh, Getting Over """"A Transactional View ""; ""Eradicationism, Pluralism, and Bidialectalism ""; ""6. Big Fame and Other Games ""; ""7. The Self, Advancing Literacy, and Sidewalk University ""; ""An Advanced Literacy Set ""; ""The Bent-But-Not-Broken Home ""; ""Sidewalk U ""

""Marva's Way """"Thirty-seven Learners ""; ""Reconsidering Labov's Lames ""; ""8. Valedictory ""; ""9. Conclusion ""; ""Appendix: Records ""; ""References ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-174) and index.

ISBN:

0-8143-3911-5

OCLC:

551632909