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Negotiating elite talk

Clark, John Taggart.

Negotiating elite talk language, race, class, and identity among African American high-schoolers / [electronic resource] : John Taggart Clark. - London : Routledge, 2014. - xi, 161 p. : ill. - Encounters, 1471-0277 . - Encounters (St. Jerome Publishing) .

First published 2009 by St. Jerome Publishing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-161).

1. Ways of talk : abstract/speculative inquiry and concrete/empirical inquiry -- 2. Successful failure & cultural differences : a brief history of scrutinizing African American experiences with schooling -- 3. Negotiating abstract/speculative inquiry in a street law class -- 4. From abstract/speculative inquiry to elite inquiry : how a way of talk gets its power, class, and colours -- 5. Student accommodation to elite inquiry : can't learn or won't learn? -- 6. Promoting accommodation : lessons from street law.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781315760216 (e-book : PDF)


Language and education--United States.
African American students.


Electronic books.