A search past silence : the literacy of young Black men / David E. Kirkland ; foreword by Pedro Noguera.
2013
LC2731 .K57 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
A search past silence : the literacy of young Black men / David E. Kirkland ; foreword by Pedro Noguera.
Author
Kirkland, David E.
ISBN
9780807754078 paperback alkaline paper
0807754072 paperback alkaline paper
9780807754207 alkaline paper
080775420X alkaline paper
0807754072 paperback alkaline paper
9780807754207 alkaline paper
080775420X alkaline paper
Published
New York : Teachers College Press, Columbia University, [2013]
Language
English
Description
xv, 187 pages ; 23 cm.
Call Number
LC2731 .K57 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
371.829/96073
Summary
This beautifully written book argues that educators need to understand the social worlds and complex literacy practices of African-American males in order to pay the increasing educational debt we owe all youth and break the school-to-prison pipeline. Moving portraits from the lives of six friends bring to life the structural characteristics and qualities of meaning-making practices, particularly practices that reveal the political tensions of defining who gets to be literate and who does not.
Key chapters on language, literacy, race, and masculinity examine how the literacies, languages, and identities of these friends are shaped by the silences of societal denial. Ultimately, A Search Past Silence is a passionate call for educators to listen to the silenced voices of Black youth and to re-imagine the concept of being literate in a multicultural democratic society. -- Provided by publisher.
Key chapters on language, literacy, race, and masculinity examine how the literacies, languages, and identities of these friends are shaped by the silences of societal denial. Ultimately, A Search Past Silence is a passionate call for educators to listen to the silenced voices of Black youth and to re-imagine the concept of being literate in a multicultural democratic society. -- Provided by publisher.
Note
Key chapters on language, literacy, race, and masculinity examine how the literacies, languages, and identities of these friends are shaped by the silences of societal denial. Ultimately, A Search Past Silence is a passionate call for educators to listen to the silenced voices of Black youth and to re-imagine the concept of being literate in a multicultural democratic society. -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
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