H Samy Alim, Geneva Smitherman

Articulate While Black

Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S.

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Produktbeschreibung

In Articulate While Black, two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of President Barack Obama's language use-and America's response to it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780199812981
• ISBN-10: 0199812985
• Artikelnr.: 35520479

Autorenporträt

H. Samy Alim is Associate Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Anthropology and Linguistics at Stanford University, where he directs the Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Language (CREAL) and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA). Some of his most recent books include You Know My Steez, Roc the Mic Right, Talkin Black Talk, and Global Linguistic Flows . Geneva Smitherman is University Distinguished Professor Emerita of English, Co-Founder and Core Faculty, African American and African Studies, and Core Faculty, African Studies Center, at Michigan State University. A linguist and educational activist, she has been at the forefront of the struggle for language rights for over 30 years. She is the author of several books, among them Talkin and Testifyin, Black Talk, Talkin That Talk, and Word from the Mother.

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
* Showin Love
* 1 "Nah, We Straight ": Black Language and America's First Black
President 12
* 2 A.W.B. (Articulate While Black): Language and Racial Politics in
the U.S. 54
* 3 Makin A Way Outta No Way: The Race Speech and Obama's Rhetorical
Remix 101
* 4 "The Fist Bump Heard 'round the World ": How Black Communication
Becomes Controversial 144
* 5 "My President's Black, My Lambo's Blue ": Hip Hop, Race, and the
Culture Wars 194
* 6 Change the Game: Language, Education, and the Cruel Fallout of
Racism 248
* Index