ISBN:
9781139046206
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (240 p.))
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Heath, Shirley Brice, 1939 - Words at work and play
Parallel Title:
Print version
DDC:
306.850941
Keywords:
English language Dialects
;
African American children Language
;
Sociolinguistics
;
Language and culture
;
Language and culture ; Piedmont (U.S. : Region)
;
Sociolinguistics ; Piedmont (U.S. : Region)
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English language ; Dialects ; Piedmont (U.S. : Region)
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African American children ; Piedmont (U.S. : Region) ; Language
;
Families
;
Great Britain
;
Longitudinal studies
;
English language
;
Social aspects
;
Great Britain
;
Longitudinal studies
;
Social interaction
;
Great Britain
;
Longitudinal studies
;
Working class
;
Great Britain
;
Longitudinal studies
Abstract:
Childhood and family life have changed significantly in recent decades. What is the nature of these changes? How have they affected the use of time, space, work and play? In what ways have they influenced face-to-face talk and the uses of technology within families and communities? Eminent anthropologist Shirley Brice Heath sets out to find answers to these and similar questions, tracking the lives of 300 black and white working-class families as they reshaped their lives in new locations, occupations and interpersonal alignments over a period of thirty years. From the 1981 recession through the economic instabilities and technological developments of the opening decade of the twenty-first century, Shirley Brice Heath shows how families constantly rearrange their patterns of work, language, play and learning in response to economic pressures. This outstanding study is a must-read for anyone interested in family life, language development and social change
Abstract:
1. On being long in company -- 2. A boy finds his mama(s) -- 3. The closeness of strangers -- 4. Embracing talk -- 5. Lines of vision -- 6. The hand of play -- 7. Ways with time and words -- 8. Shaping the mainstream
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139046206
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