Harlem on our minds
Subtitle: place, race, and the literacies of urban youth
By: Valerie Kinloch ; foreword by Jabari Mahiri.
Series: Language and literacy series
Publisher: Teacher College Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780807750230; 9780807750247
Subjects: Literacy -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Urban youth -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Urban youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- Case studies; Gentrification -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Blacks -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Genres: Case studies
Description: "In her new book, Valerie Kinloch investigates how the lives and literacies of youth in New York City's historic Harlem are affected by public attempts to gentrify the community. Kinloch draws connections between race, place, and students' literate identity through collaborative interviews between youth, teachers, longtime black residents, and their new white neighbors. Harlem on Our Minds is a participatory action narrative that makes emerging theories of social ecology real for the high-school English classroom. Vividly drawn lessons show how teachers can engage urban youth in school-based literacy, by linking canonical text, particularly of the Harlem renaissance, to current events."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.