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Black English and the Mass Media [Hardcover]

Walter M. Brasch (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0870233351 | ISBN-13: 978-0870233357 | Publication Date: November 1981 | Edition: First Edition

From analysis of the mass media, Dr. Brasch develops a major new theory to explain the historical development of Black English, and to present a hypothesis that may explain historical development of genre. Dr. Brasch discusses the sociological, psychological, cultural, historical, linguistic, and journalistic bases of Black English. Black English and the Mass Media provides a significant and important base for understanding American language and culture.

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Dr. Brasch is a national award-winning writer-journalist and college professor. He was a newspaper reporter and editor, multimedia writer-producer, and magazine writer-editor. He is also the author of 11 other books, including Brer Rabbit, Uncle Remus, and the ¡®Cornfield Journalist¡¯: The Tale of Joel Chandler Harris. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Hardcover: 376 pages
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Pr; First Edition edition (November 1981)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0870233351
ISBN-13: 978-0870233357
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,646,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Walter Brasch: Author, national award-winning syndicated newspaper columnist, university professor. A writer who looks at society and tries to understand, then analyze and explain its many complex parts as they relate to each other to help people better understand their own lives and what's both necessary and important to their lives.

Find more about me at: www.facebook.com/walterbrasch, www.walterbrasch.com, walterbrasch.blogspot.com

. . . Latest book: BEFORE THE FIRST SNOW: Stories From the Revolution. Its a journalistic novel about the counterculture between 1960s and 1991.

Rosemary Brasch: labor studies professional; Red Cross disaster volunteer (family services)
Parents of two sons, several pets.

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African American Folktales: Stories from Black Traditions in the New World (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) by Roger Abrahams in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and Rastus: Blacks in Advertising, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Contributions in Afro-American & African Studies) by Marilyn Kern-Foxworth on page 26, and page 110
Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters in Crime and Detective Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture) by Frankie Y. Bailey on page 4, and Back Matter
America's Unpatriotic Acts by Walter M. Brasch in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
English in the Southern United States (Studies in English Language) by Stephen J. Nagle in Back Matter

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