Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence

by Keith Gilyard

Book Overview

A unique blend of memoir and scholarship, Keith Gilyard's Voices of the Self is a penetrating analysis of the linguistic and cultural "collision" experienced by African-American students in the public education system. Gilyard examines black students "negotiate" their way through school and discusses the tension between the use of Black English and Standard English, underlining how that tension is representative of the deeper conflict that exists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814322255
• ISBN13: 9780814322253
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"