{"product_id":"black-literate-lives-9780415958646","title":"Black Literate Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Literate Lives\u003c\/em\u003e offers an innovative approach to understanding the complex and multi-dimensional perspectives of Black literate lives in the United States. Author Maisha Fisher reinterprets historiographies of Black self-determination and self-reliance to powerfully interrupt stereotypes of African-American literacy practices. The book expands the standard definitions of literacy practices to demonstrate the ways in which ''minority'' groups keep their cultures and practices alive in the face of oppression, both inside and outside of schools. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important addition to critical literacy studies:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Demonstrates the relationship of an expanded definition of literacy to self-determination and empowerment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Exposes unexpected sources of Black literate traditions of popular culture and memory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Reveals how spoken word poetry, open mic events, and everyday cultural performances are vital to an understanding of Black literacy in the 21st century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBlack Literate Lives\u003c\/em\u003e offers a critical examination of black literary traditions that skillfully counters stereotypes about the values African Americans ascribe to literacy, identifying practices that could have significant implications for teaching and learning.\"--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Journal of African American History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Vanessa Siddle Walker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn introduction: Not yet free\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Toward a theory of black literate lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: \"I don’t want us to forget the fire\": The literacy activism of Gwendolyn Brooks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Agitating, Educating, and Organizing: The making of revolutionary literacies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: \"The song is unfinished\": Soldiering in participatory literacy communities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Catching the Fire: Black teachers as literacy activists in urban public schools\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Notes on Methodology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: \"The 15 Demands of the African American Students' Association\" as printed in \u003cem\u003eBlack News \u003c\/em\u003eon December 1, 1969, Volume 1, Number 5\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix C: The Assata Shakur Project for Spoken Word\/Multicultural Literature\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402161070423,"sku":"9780415958646","price":176.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-literate-lives-9780415958646","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}