Voices of the Self Study of Language Competence

Name: Voices of the Self Study of Language Competence
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ISBN: 9780814322253

ISBN-10: 0814322255

ISBN-13: 9780814322253

Edition: 1991

Authors: Keith Gilyard

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A unique blend of memoir and scholarship, Keith Gilyard's Voices of the Self is a penetrating analysis of the linguistic and cultural "collision" experienced by African-American students in the public education system. Gilyard examines black students "negotiate" their way through school and discusses the tension between the use of Black English and Standard English, underlining how that tension is representative of the deeper conflict that exists between black culture and white expectations. Vivid descriptions—often humorous, sometimes disturbing, always moving—of Gilyard's own childhood experiences in school and society are interlaced with chapters of solid sociolinguistic…

Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Publication date: 6/30/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 178
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Keith Gilyard, Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University, has written and lectured extensively on language and literacy. Long active in professional organizations, he is a former Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. He is author or editor of twelve previous books, including Race, Rhetoric, and Composition (Boynton/Cook) and Voices of the Self, for which he received an American Book Award.