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Book Synopsis
How this valorization of "proper" English has affected the language, literacy, educational achievements, and self-image of five African American women—the author's grandmother, mother, aunt, sister, and herself.

Trade Review
"This book is a major achievement by one of the brightest young scholars in the field." Geneva Smitherman, author of Talkin That Talk: Language, Culture, and Education in African America

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One. The Narratives: Peculiar to Your Mind
    • Our Languages, Our Selves
    • Maya: It Doesn't Bother Me
    • Grace: I Always Wondered If My Life Would Have Been Different If
    • Reia: Searching for My Place
    • Deidra: A Mother's Love Is the Greatest Love of All
    • Sonja: I Had to Do What I Wanted to Do
  • Part Two. The Analyses: Surreality
    • Maya: I'm Comfortable Like I Am:
    • Grace: If I Could've Gotten into a Trade School
    • Reia: I Am Proud of Myself
    • Deidra: I Was Hiding. I Didn't Know. I Was Scared
    • Sonja: I Had a Positive Experience
    • The Rest of the Story
  • Appendix 1. Participants' Possible Selves Data
  • Appendix 2. Participants' Speech Samples Data
  • Appendix 3. Participants' Language and Literacy Ideologies Data
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/06/2002
      ISBN13: 9780292747296, 978-0292747296
      ISBN10: 0292747292
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How this valorization of "proper" English has affected the language, literacy, educational achievements, and self-image of five African American women—the author's grandmother, mother, aunt, sister, and herself.

      Trade Review
      "This book is a major achievement by one of the brightest young scholars in the field." Geneva Smitherman, author of Talkin That Talk: Language, Culture, and Education in African America

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • Part One. The Narratives: Peculiar to Your Mind
        • Our Languages, Our Selves
        • Maya: It Doesn't Bother Me
        • Grace: I Always Wondered If My Life Would Have Been Different If
        • Reia: Searching for My Place
        • Deidra: A Mother's Love Is the Greatest Love of All
        • Sonja: I Had to Do What I Wanted to Do
      • Part Two. The Analyses: Surreality
        • Maya: I'm Comfortable Like I Am:
        • Grace: If I Could've Gotten into a Trade School
        • Reia: I Am Proud of Myself
        • Deidra: I Was Hiding. I Didn't Know. I Was Scared
        • Sonja: I Had a Positive Experience
        • The Rest of the Story
      • Appendix 1. Participants' Possible Selves Data
      • Appendix 2. Participants' Speech Samples Data
      • Appendix 3. Participants' Language and Literacy Ideologies Data
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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