Linguistic Diversity in the South: Changing Codes, Practices, and Ideology
Posted on: Saturday, 28 May 2005, 03:00 CDT
Linguistic Diversity in the South: Changing Codes, Practices, and Ideology. Edited by Margaret Bender. Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings, no. 37. (Athens, Ga., and London: University of Georgia Press, c. 2004. Pp. [x], 141. Paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8203- 2586-4; cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-8203-2585-6.) Eight essays and an introduction make up this concise but stimulating volume; it grew out of a session at the annual meeting of the Southern Anthropological Society in 2002. The essays address language issues relating to Lumbee Indians and residents of Ocracoke Island in North Carolina, black and white residents of the Appalachian Mountains, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Muskogee Nation in Oklahoma, the Melungeons and Scotch Irish groups in the southern highlands, and Cajuns in Louisiana. An essay by Blair A. Rudes reminds readers that from the beginning of its documented history, the South has encompassed many languages. At times the authors use the highly technical terminology of linguistic anthropology, but most of the essays are nonetheless accessible and informative to a general audience.
Copyright Southern Historical Association May 2005
Source: Journal of Southern History, The
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