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- catalog abstract "African-American students who speak Black English Vernacular and who have ties to the vernacular rhetorical traditions face unique problems in accommodating to the language of academe. Most of the attention of compositionists attending to these students has been focused on dialect - specifically on the rather negative phenomenon of "dialect interference," in which Black English Vernacular is said to intrude on the writer's efforts to product Standard English. Through rhetorical criticisms of selected spoken and written texts of successful African-American students, Valerie M. Balester has made a first step toward a rhetorical focus. In Cultural Divide her analysis of eight African-American students' speech and writing considers both their linguistic and rhetorical traditions, their situation as minority students in a large university, and their relationship to the researcher. Balester has learned much about these students' attitudes toward their own language and what they perceive as the language of academe. The students clearly use language to create or maintain identification with particular roles (i.e., good student, knowing peer, helpful research assistant), and the display the obvious pressure of young people who feel they must represent their race. It is also apparent that the students draw upon such African-American rhetorical strategies as "signifying," "sweet talk," and "marking" not only in their talk but also in their writing. By noting these influences, Balester offers us a new way to read the texts of African-American students, one that acknowledges the positive value of vernacular culture. Ultimately, she suggests that we should reconsider our notions of appropriate academic discourse.".
- catalog contributor b5653268.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "African-American students who speak Black English Vernacular and who have ties to the vernacular rhetorical traditions face unique problems in accommodating to the language of academe. Most of the attention of compositionists attending to these students has been focused on dialect - specifically on the rather negative phenomenon of "dialect interference," in which Black English Vernacular is said to intrude on the writer's efforts to product Standard English. Through rhetorical criticisms of selected spoken and written texts of successful African-American students, Valerie M. Balester has made a first step toward a rhetorical focus. In Cultural Divide her analysis of eight African-American students' speech and writing considers both their linguistic and rhetorical traditions, their situation as minority students in a large university, and their relationship to the researcher. Balester has learned much about these students' attitudes toward their own language and what they perceive as the language of academe. The students clearly use language to create or maintain identification with particular roles (i.e., good student, knowing peer, helpful research assistant), and the display the obvious pressure of young people who feel they must represent their race. It is also apparent that the students draw upon such African-American rhetorical strategies as "signifying," "sweet talk," and "marking" not only in their talk but also in their writing. By noting these influences, Balester offers us a new way to read the texts of African-American students, one that acknowledges the positive value of vernacular culture. Ultimately, she suggests that we should reconsider our notions of appropriate academic discourse.".
- catalog description "Containing Indian Nationalism: Kipling's Struggle -- A Memsahib and Her Not-So-Simple Adventures -- Liberal Imperialism as a Passage to India -- The High-Caste Hindu Woman as a Site of Contest in Imperialist/Nationalist India -- Gandhi, Ambedkar, and Untouchable -- Nostalgia and 1947.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p.161-168).".
- catalog extent "xiii, 168 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Cultural divide.".
- catalog identifier "0867093250".
- catalog isFormatOf "Cultural divide.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Portsmouth, NH : Boynton/Cook,".
- catalog relation "Cultural divide.".
- catalog spatial "Texas Austin".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "427/.973/08996 20".
- catalog subject "African American college students Texas Austin Language Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Black English Texas Austin Case studies.".
- catalog subject "English language Rhetoric Study and teaching Texas Austin Case studies.".
- catalog subject "English language United States Rhetoric Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Language and culture Texas Austin Case studies.".
- catalog subject "PE1405.U6 B34 1993".
- catalog subject "Report writing Study and teaching Case studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Containing Indian Nationalism: Kipling's Struggle -- A Memsahib and Her Not-So-Simple Adventures -- Liberal Imperialism as a Passage to India -- The High-Caste Hindu Woman as a Site of Contest in Imperialist/Nationalist India -- Gandhi, Ambedkar, and Untouchable -- Nostalgia and 1947.".
- catalog title "Cultural divide : a study of African-American college-level writers / Valerie M. Balester.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".