Struggle and the Tools

Ellen Cushman is a Senior Lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley.

• Preface Acknowledgments Notational Devices 1. The Struggle and the Tools 2. Activist Methodology 3. African Americans and Quayville 4. The Language of Eviction 5. Institutional Language in an Inner City 6. "Racism Always on the Front of My Mind" 7. "An Everyday Fight for Us to Get Simple Respect" 8. The Transfer of Language in Gatekeeping Interactions 9. Evaluating the Tools 10. "Your Honor, I Just Can't Control Him Anymore" 11. Language and Power in the Everyday Notes Works Cited Index

"This book illuminates the complex ways in which inner city residents who might easily be labeled as illiterate, in fact, have both linguistic and rhetorical strategies that are sophisticated and effective. It's a fine example of what I think of as action research." — Andrea Lunsford, The Ohio State University