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Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.s.
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Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.s. Paperback - 2012

by Alim, H. Samy/ Smitherman, Geneva/ Dyson, Michael Eric (Foreward By)

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Oxford Univ Pr, 2012. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 224 pages. 9.10x6.10x0.80 inches.
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  • Title Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.s.
  • Author Alim, H. Samy/ Smitherman, Geneva/ Dyson, Michael Eric (Foreward By)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Condition New
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford Univ Pr, 2012. 224p. Paperback. Articulate While Black brilliantly dissects the politics of language as embedded in the politics of race.
  • Date 2012
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x-0199812985
  • ISBN 9780199812981 / 0199812985
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Obama, Barack - Oratory, English language - Social aspects - United
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012010289
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.440

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 07/16/2012, Page 157

About the author

H. Samy Alim is Associate Professor of Education and (by courtesy) Anthropology and Linguistics at Stanford University, where he directs the Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Language (CREAL) and the Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA). Some of his most recent books include You Know My Steez, Roc the Mic Right, Talkin Black Talk, and Global Linguistic Flows. He has also written for various media outlets, including The New York Times, Al-Ahram Weekly (Cairo), and The Philadelphia New Observer, among others.

Geneva Smitherman is University Distinguished Professor Emerita of English, Co-Founder and Core Faculty, African American and African Studies, and Core Faculty, African Studies Center, at Michigan State University. She is a pioneering scholar-activist in the struggle for language rights and for Black Studies. Her list of books includes Talkin and Testifyin, Discourse and Discrimination, Black Talk, Talkin That Talk, Language Diversity in the Classroom, and Word from the Mother.