Signs of Diaspora / Literacies, Creolization, and Vernacular Practice in African America.
This text looks at the roots of African-American reading and writing from the perspective of vernacular activities and creolization. It demonstrates that African-Americans, while utilizing the conventions and canons of Euro-America, drew on knowledge of their own to make oppositional meanings.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1998.
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| Series: | Commonwealth Center studies in American culture.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (NECO users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | This text looks at the roots of African-American reading and writing from the perspective of vernacular activities and creolization. It demonstrates that African-Americans, while utilizing the conventions and canons of Euro-America, drew on knowledge of their own to make oppositional meanings. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-278) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195355383 0195355385 1280528990 9781280528996 1429404353 9781429404358 |