The Black Side of the River: Race, Language, and Belonging in Washington, DC (Hardcover)

The Black Side of the River: Race, Language, and Belonging in Washington, DC By Jessica A. Grieser Cover Image
By Jessica A. Grieser
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In The Black Side of the River, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser draws on ten years of interviews with dozens of residents of Anacostia-a historically Black neighborhood in Washington, DC-to explore the impact of urban change on Black culture, identity, and language. Grieser's work is a call to center Black lived experiences in urban research.

About the Author

Jessi Grieser is an assistant professor of rhetoric, writing, and linguistics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is a sociolinguist who specializes in discourse analysis, geosemiotics, and sociophonetics.


Product Details
ISBN: 9781647121525
ISBN-10: 1647121523
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication Date: February 1st, 2022
Pages: 242
Language: English
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