Book contents
- Middle-Class African American English
- Middle-Class African American English
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Study of Middle-Class African American English
- 3 “Talking Black” as Public Performance
- 4 Language and Double-Consciousness
- 5 Race, Class, and Camouflaged Divergence
- 6 Sounding Black
- 7 Looking Ahead
- References
- Index
6 - Sounding Black
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 January 2021
Book contents
- Middle-Class African American English
- Middle-Class African American English
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Study of Middle-Class African American English
- 3 “Talking Black” as Public Performance
- 4 Language and Double-Consciousness
- 5 Race, Class, and Camouflaged Divergence
- 6 Sounding Black
- 7 Looking Ahead
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter uses social psychological techniques to explore the attitudes and perceptions of college students about the concept of "sounding Black" and how various circulating labels both reflect and inform such perceptions.
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- Middle-Class African American English , pp. 179 - 210Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021