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Autore |
Gundaker Grey |
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Titolo |
Signs of diaspora diaspora of signs : literacies, creolization, and vernacular practice in African America / / Grey Gundaker |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-772614-3 |
1-280-52899-0 |
0-19-535538-5 |
1-4294-0435-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (304 pages) |
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Collana |
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The Commonwealth Center studies in American culture |
Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Languages |
English language - United States - Foreign elements |
African languages - Influence on English |
African Americans - Communication |
African Americans - Civilization |
Literacy - United States |
Black English |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1998. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1 Introduction: ""Conventional"" Literacy and ""Vernacular"" Practice; 2 Creolization, Double Voicing, Double Vision; 3 African Scripts, Graphic Practices, and Contexts of Learning and Use; 4 Diaspora of Signs: A Transatlantic Network; 5 Narratives of Literacy Acquisition and Use; 6 Alternative Modes of Participation with Text and Artifacts of Literacy; 7 Contrasting and Complementary Scripts and Graphic Signs; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With this text, Grey Gundaker looks at the roots of African-American reading and writing from the perspective of vernacular activities and creolization. |
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