Black Literate Lives - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Zusatztext " Black Literate Lives 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."-- The Journal of African American History Informationen zum Autor Maisha T. Fisher is Assistant Professor in language, literacy, and culture in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University. Klappentext This book offers an innovative approach to understanding the multi-dimensional perspectives of Black literate lives in the U.S. It demonstrates the ways that "minority" groups keep their practices alive inside and outside of educational institutions, even when these groups are oppressed. Zusammenfassung This book offers an innovative approach to understanding the multi-dimensional perspectives of Black literate lives in the U.S. It demonstrates the ways that "minority" groups keep their practices alive inside and outside of educational institutions, even when these groups are oppressed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Vanessa Siddle Walker An introduction: Not yet free Chapter One: Toward a theory of black literate lives Chapter Two: "I don't want us to forget the fire": The literacy activism of Gwendolyn Brooks Chapter Three: Agitating, Educating, and Organizing: The making of revolutionary literacies Chapter Four: "The song is unfinished": Soldiering in participatory literacy communities Chapter Five: Catching the Fire: Black teachers as literacy activists in urban public schools Appendix A: Notes on Methodology Appendix B: "The 15 Demands of the African American Students' Association" as printed in Black News on December 1, 1969, Volume 1, Number 5 Appendix C: The Assata Shakur Project for Spoken Word/Multicultural Literature ...

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• Authors: Maisha T. Fisher, Maisha T. (Emory University Fisher, FISHER MAISHA T, Fisher Maisha T., Maisha T. Fisher
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.10.2008
• EAN: 9780415958646
• ISBN: 978-0-415-95864-6
• No. of pages: 178
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Critical Social Thought; Critical Social Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; USA, Ethnic Studies, English, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, Educational strategies & policy, Black & Asian Studies, Educational strategies and policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General