Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 301 g
Reihe: Critical Social Thought
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 301 g
Reihe: Critical Social Thought
ISBN: 978-0-415-95865-3
Verlag: Routledge
Black Literate Lives offers an innovative approach to understanding the complex and multi-dimensional perspectives of Black literate lives in the United States. Author Maisha Fisher reinterprets historiographies of Black self-determination and self-reliance to powerfully interrupt stereotypes of African-American literacy practices. The book expands the standard definitions of literacy practices to demonstrate the ways in which 'minority' groups keep their cultures and practices alive in the face of oppression, both inside and outside of schools.
This important addition to critical literacy studies:
-Demonstrates the relationship of an expanded definition of literacy to self-determination and empowerment
-Exposes unexpected sources of Black literate traditions of popular culture and memory
-Reveals how spoken word poetry, open mic events, and everyday cultural performances are vital to an understanding of Black literacy in the 21st century
By centering the voices of students, activists, and community members whose creative labors past and present continue the long tradition of creating cultural forms that restore collective, Black Literate Lives ultimately uncovers memory while illuminating the literate and literary contributions of Black people in America.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
Weitere Infos & Material
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
