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Good God but you smart! Language prejudice and upwardly mobile Cajuns

dc.contributor.authorStanford, Nichole E., author
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-20T14:15:07Z
dc.date.available2016-10-20T14:15:07Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractFirst comprehensive book in Composition Studies to examine educational and linguistic assimilation, as well as the local languages--Louisiana French and prevalent Cajun English--of Cajuns and explores the subtle ways grammar snobbery, from classrooms to families to pop culture references, is used to justify systemic inequality.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsSexy ass Cajuns: the complicated reasons we comply -- Bas class: Cajuns and the U.S. class system -- "I will not speak French. i will not speak French": the grand derangement du langue -- Don't blame teachers (not too-too much): code censoring in classrooms -- Beyond classrooms: debunking the language myths.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/177801
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUtah State University Press
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language -- Dialects -- Social aspects
dc.subject.lcshSociolinguistics -- Louisiana
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language -- Dialects -- Louisiana
dc.titleGood God but you smart! Language prejudice and upwardly mobile Cajuns
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