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Sonja J. Lanehart, Sista, speak! Black women kinfolk talk about language and literacy. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Pp. xxi, 252. Hb $55.00, Pb $22.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2004

Debra Goodman  and
Yetta M. Goodman
Debra Goodman
Affiliation:
Literacy Studies, Hofstra University, Hempstead NY 11549-1000, Debra.Goodman@hofstra.edu
Yetta M. Goodman
Affiliation:
Language, Reading and Culture, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, ygoodman@u.arizona.edu
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In Sista, speak! Sonja Lanehart presents the language and literacy autobiographies of three generations of African American women. These women tell the stories of their education and aspirations, focusing on how their literacy and language were influenced by social, economic, and political forces within school, family and community. Lanehart interprets the rich descriptions in their stories by examining the ideological perspectives of “experiences and cultures and ecologies” that shaped the women's views of themselves and their worlds” (p. 29).

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Language in Society , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , July 2004 , pp. 462 - 465
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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