Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence (African American Life Series)
A study of language competence that combines memoir and scholarship. Keith Gilyard examines African American language, schooling, and his own experience to show how knowledge and identity intersect.
Work Information
It follows one’s own voice while thinking through the relation between language and education.
Combining memoir and scholarly analysis, the book examines the tension between African American language use and educational institutions. It opens from personal experience and expands into broader debates about language teaching.
Review Summaries
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Its blend of memoir and analysis is valued for connecting personal experience to debates about language education.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Published
- 1991-08-01
- Pages
- 184 pages
- Language
- 英語
- ISBN-13
- 9780814322246
- ISBN-10
- 0814322247
- Category
- 洋書/Politics & Social Sciences/Social Sciences/Specific Demographics/Ethnic Studies
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.
Reviews
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Great Read that Arrived On Time
Awesome text and the book was of great quality.
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Five Stars
nice
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Four Stars
ok
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The things we must read for school...
Ok, I had to buy this for a college course but I did not like the guy. He had an awfully high opinion of himself. It's good to be confident in your self and abilities but come on.