Voices of the Self

Study of Language Competence

By:

Keith Gilyard

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Paperback / softback

Series:

African American Life Series

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An exploration of the key issues of language education for African Americans. 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 scholarship. Encompassing the perspectives of both the "street" and the "academy," Voices of the Self presents an eloquent argument for cultural and linguistic pluralism in American public schools.

Author Biography:

Keith Gilyard is a Professor of Writing and English and Director of the Writing Program at Syracuse University. He received his M.F.A. from Columbia University and his Ed.D. from New York University.

Release date Australia

June 30th, 1991

Author

Keith Gilyard

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Undergraduate

Illustrations

illustrations

Pages

178

Series

African American Life Series

Dimensions

159x235x13

ISBN-13

9780814322253

Product ID

3585953

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