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Sista, Speak!: Black Women Kinfolk Talk About Language and Literacy.
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| 著者・編者 | Lanehart, Sonja L., |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (University of Texas Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2002 |
| ページ数 | 264 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A04-41869＞ |
解説
2003 - Honorable Mention, Myers Outstanding Book Award - The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America
The demand of white, affluent society that all Americans should speak, read, and write "proper" English causes many people who are not white and/or middle class to attempt to "talk in a way that feel peculiar to [their] mind," as a character in Alice Walker's The Color Purple puts it. In this book, Sonja Lanehart explores how this valorization of "proper" English has affected the language, literacy, educational achievements, and self-image of five African American women-her grandmother, mother, aunt, sister, and herself.
Through interviews and written statements by each woman, Lanehart draws out the life stories of these women and their attitudes toward and use of language. Making comparisons and contrasts among them, she shows how, even within a single family, differences in age, educational opportunities, and social circumstances can lead to widely different abilities and comfort in using language to navigate daily life. Her research also adds a new dimension to our understanding of African American English, which has been little studied in relation to women.