Isbn: 9780195107692 - signs of diaspora diaspora of signs: literacies, creolization, and vernacular practice in african america (commonwealth center studies in american culture) (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Challenging monolithic approaches to culture and literacy, this book looks at the roots of African-American reading and writing from the perspective of vernacular activities and creolization. It shows that African-Americans, while readily mastering the conventions and canons of Euro-America, also drew on knowledge of their own to make an oppositional repertoire of signs and meanings. Distinct from conventional script literacy on the one hand, and oral culture on the other, these creolized vernacular practices include writing in charms, use of personal or nondecodable scripts, the strategic renunciation of reading and writing as communicative tools, and writing that is linked to divinaton, trance, and possession. Based on extensive ethnographic research in the Southeastern United States and the West Indies, Gundaker offers a complex portrait of the intersection of outsider conventions with insider knowledge and practice. Copyright © OUP USA.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This text looks at the roots of African-American reading and writing from the perspective of vernacular activities and creolization. It demonstrates that African-Americans, while utilizing the conventions and canons of Euro-America, drew on knowledge of their own to make oppositional meanings. Series: Commonwealth Center Studies in American Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 halftones, numerous line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 635. . 1998. Illustrated. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.