{"product_id":"sista-speak-sonja-l-lanehart-9780292747296","title":"Sista, Speak!: Black Women Kinfolk Talk about Language and Literacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2003 -- Honorable Mention, Myers Outstanding Book Award - The Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights in North America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sonja L. Lanehart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292747292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292747296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.06w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2002 pg. 1652\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen's Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2002 pg. 318","brand":"Sonja L. Lanehart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119528538367,"sku":"9780292747296","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f586f4ca-42c9-4d31-9552-d77c13aae73c.jpg?v=1687409805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sista-speak-sonja-l-lanehart-9780292747296","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}