My Soul Look Back in Wonder: Memories from a Life of Study, Struggle, and Doin Battle in the Language Wars

By: Geneva Napoleon Smitherman

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Synopsis: This 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. These 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 My Soul Look Back In Wonder, 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. As 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.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 200 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000534078
Related ISBNs:: 9781003212454, 9781032080024, 9781032080017
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 01/30/22
Copyrighted By:: Geneva Napoleon Smitherman
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies, Language Arts, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.