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Author Cushman, Ellen, 1967-

Title The struggle and the tools : oral and literate strategies in an inner city community / Ellen Cushman
Published Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 264 pages)
Contents 1. The Struggle and the Tools 1 -- 2. Activist Methodology 21 -- 3. African Americans and Quayville 39 -- 4. The Language of Eviction 67 -- 5. Institutional Language in an Inner City 97 -- 6. "Racism Always on the Front of My Mind" 121 -- 7. "An Everyday Fight for Us to Get Simple Respect" 141 -- 8. The Transfer of Language in Gatekeeping Interactions 169 -- 9. Evaluating the Tools 189 -- 10. "Your Honor, I Just Can't Control Him Anymore" 205 -- 11. Language and Power in the Everyday 223
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index
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Subject Sociolinguistics -- United States
African Americans -- Languages.
Urban dialects -- United States
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
African Americans -- Languages
Sociolinguistics
Urban dialects
Soziolinguistik
Großstadt
United States
USA
Black English.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98013321
ISBN 0585063214
9780585063218
1438400217
9781438400211