{"product_id":"my-soul-look-back-in-wonder-memories-from-a-life-of-study-struggle-and-doin-battle-in-the-language-wars-paperback","title":"My Soul Look Back in Wonder: Memories from a Life of Study, Struggle, and Doin Battle in the Language Wars - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeneva Napoleon Smitherman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Dr. Geneva Smitherman, aka \"Dr. G,\" the pioneering linguist often referred to as the \"Queen of Black Language.\" In a series of narrative essays, Dr. G writes eloquently and powerfully about the role of language in social transformation and the academic, intellectual, linguistic, and societal debates that shaped her groundbreaking work as a Black Studies O.G. and a Womanist scholar-activist of African American Language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese eleven essays narrate the development of Dr. G's race, gender, class, and linguistic consciousness as a member of the Black Power Generation of the 1960s and 70s. In \u003ci\u003eMy Soul Look Back In Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. G links the personal to the professional and the political, situating the struggles, and successes, of a Black woman in the Academy within the historical experiences and development of her people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Dr. G enters her eighth decade, in this Black Lives Matter historical moment, she seeks to share the meaning and purpose of a life of study and struggle and its significance for all those who seek racial and social justice today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Geneva Napoleon Smitherman\u003c\/strong\u003e is University Distinguished Professor Emerita at Michigan State University, USA. A former high school English and Latin teacher in Detroit and a scholar-activist in Black Studies, she has been at the forefront of the struggle for language rights since the 1960s. She is author of six books, including \u003ci\u003eBlack Language and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eTalkin and Testifyin \u003c\/i\u003e(1977), \u003ci\u003eTalkin That Talk\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), and Routledge Linguistics Classic \u003ci\u003eWord from the Mother\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). She is co-author or editor of ten books, including \u003ci\u003eArticulate While Black\u003c\/i\u003e (with Dr. H. Samy Alim, 2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53101103710319,"sku":"9781032080024","price":70.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4966\/4879\/files\/dGtlVXNXMTRPMGZieWhhL0kwQ1VGQT09.webp?v=1779000803","url":"https:\/\/finderbooks.com\/products\/my-soul-look-back-in-wonder-memories-from-a-life-of-study-struggle-and-doin-battle-in-the-language-wars-paperback","provider":"Finder Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}