Signs of Diaspora / Literacies, Creolization, and Vernacular Practice in African America.

This text looks at the roots of African-American reading and writing from the perspective of vernacular activities and creolization. It demonstrates that African-Americans, while utilizing the conventions and canons of Euro-America, drew on knowledge of their own to make oppositional meanings.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gundaker, Grey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Colección:Commonwealth Center studies in American culture.
Temas:
African Americans > Communication.
African Americans > Languages.
African languages > Influence on English.
Black English.
English language > United States > Foreign elements.
Literacy > United States.
Noirs américains > Communication.
Noirs américains > Langues.
Black English (Dialecte)
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Emprunts.
Langues africaines > Influence sur l'anglais.
African Americans > Communication
African Americans > Languages
African languages > Influence on English
Black English
English language > Foreign elements
Literacy
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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