Maisha T Fisher

Black Literate Lives

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780415958646
• ISBN-10: 0415958644
• Artikelnr.: 22509983

Autorenporträt

Maisha T. Fisher is Assistant Professor in language, literacy, and culture in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University.

Inhaltsangabe

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