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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954822803321

Autore

Alim H. Samy

Titolo

Articulate while Black : Barack Obama, language, and race in the U.S. / / H. Samy Alim and Geneva Smitherman ; foreword by Michael Eric Dyson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-998598-7

1-283-84850-3

0-19-981297-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 205 p. ) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithermanGeneva <1940->

Disciplina

306.440973

Soggetti

Black English - United States

Race awareness - United States

African Americans - Languages

English language - Social aspects - United States

Language and education - United States

Sociolinguistics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword: Orator-In-Chief -- Showin Love -- 1. "Nah, We Straight": Black Language and America's First Black President -- 2. A.W.B. (Articulate While Black): Language and Racial Politics in the United States -- 3. Makin a Way Outta No Way: The "Race Speech" and Obama's Rhetorical Remix -- 4. "The Fist Bump Heard 'Round the World": How Black Communication Becomes Controversial -- 5. "My President's Black, My Lambo's Blue": Hip Hop, Race, and the Culture Wars -- 6. Change the Game: Language, Education, and the Cruel Fallout of Racism -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

In 'Articulate While Black', two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the US through an insightful examination of President Barack Obama's language use - and America's response to it.