Signs of diaspora/diaspora of signs : literacies, creolization, and vernacular practice in African America /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gundaker, Grey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series:Commonwealth Center studies in American culture.
Subjects:
African Americans > Languages.
English language > United States > Foreign elements.
African languages > Influence on English.
African Americans > Communication.
Literacy > United States.
Black English.
African Americans > Civilization.
African Americans.
African Americans
Noirs américains > Langues.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Emprunts.
Langues africaines > Influence sur l'anglais.
Noirs américains > Communication.
Noirs américains.
Alphabétisation > États-Unis.
Black English (Dialecte)
Noirs américains > Civilisation.
African American.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.
English language > Foreign elements.
Literacy.
Creolisering.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: "Conventional" literacy and "vernacular" practice
  • Creolization, double voicing, double vision
  • African scripts, graphic practices, and contexts of learning and use
  • Diaspora of signs: a transatlantic network
  • Narratives of literacy acquisition and use
  • Alternative modes of participation with text and artifacts of literacy
  • Contrasting and complementing scripts and graphic signs.

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