Understanding storytelling among African American children [[electronic resource] ] : a journey from Africa to America / / Tempii Champion

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455317703321
• Autore: Champion Tempii Bridgene <1961->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003
• ISBN: 1-282-37437-0; 9781410607100; 9786612374371; 1-4106-0710-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 p.)
• Disciplina: 808.5/43/08996073
• Soggetti: African American children - Language; English language - United States - Foreign elements - African; English language - United States - Discourse analysis; English language - United States - Rhetoric; African languages - Influence on English; Storytelling - United States; Storytelling - Africa; Narration (Rhetoric); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-127) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Tell Me Somethin' Good: Storytelling From Africa to America; PART 1 Approaches to Understanding Narrative Structures Among African American Children; 2 Research on Narrative Structures Among African Americans and West Africans; 3 Extending the Research: A Study of Narrative Production Among African American Children; PART II Toward a Repertoire of Narrative Structures Among African American Children; 4 Evaluative Narratives; 5 Episodic Narratives; 6 Moral Centered Narratives; 7 Performative Narratives; PART III Research to Practice8 Implications for Educating African ; American Students; Appendix A; Appendix B Linguistic Features of African American English; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Understanding Storytelling Among African American Children: A Journey From Africa to America reports research on narrative production among African American children for the purpose of extending previous inquiry and discussion of narrative structure. Some researchers have focused on the influence of culture on the narrative structures employed by African American children; some have suggested that their narrative structures are strongly influenced by home culture; others posit that African American children, like children in general, produce narrative structures typically found in schoo