Sista, Speak!: Black Women Kinfolk Talk about Language and Literacy

by Sonja L. Lanehart

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2003 - Honorable Mention, Myers Outstanding Book Award - The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America

The demand of white, affluent society that all Americans should speak, read, and write "proper" English causes many people who are not white and/or middle class to attempt to "talk in a way that feel peculiar to their] mind," as a character in Alice Walker's The Color Purple puts it...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0292747292

ISBN13:9780292747296

Release Date:June 2002

Publisher:University of Texas Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Gender Studies Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Women's Studies

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