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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777485603321

Titolo

African American literacies / / [edited by] Elaine Richardson ; [foreword by Geneva Smitherman]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-49227-8

1-134-49228-6

0-415-26883-4

1-280-04783-6

0-203-16655-8

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 177 p. : ill

Collana

Literacies

Altri autori (Persone)

RichardsonElaine B. <1960->

SmithermanGeneva <1940->

Disciplina

371.8296073

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - African American students

Literacy - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [160]-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Literacy, language, composition, rhetoric and (not) the African American student : sick and tired of being sick and tired -- 2. The literacies of African American-centered rhetoric and composition : freestylin' or lookin' for a style that's free -- 3. To protect and serve : African American female literacies -- 4. African American-centered rhetoric, composition, and literacy : theory and research -- 5. Composition in a fifth key : rhetorics and discourses in an African American-centered writing classroom -- 6. Dukin' it out with the powers that be : centering African Americancentered studies and students in the traditional curriculum.