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A. Suresh Canagarajah. Safe Houses in the Contact Zone: Coping Strategies of African-American Students in the Academy.

Canagarajah, A. Suresh. "Safe Houses in the Contact Zone: Coping Strategies of African-American Students in the Academy." CCC 48.2 (1997): 173-196.

Abstract:

Using Pratt's contact zone theory as his lens, Canagarajah describes the historical and socio-cultural structures of domination and resistance underlying the negotiating strategies subordinate groups use in intercultural communications. He suggests that minority students in an academic setting employ some of the same strategies, including constructing "safe houses" to resolve some of the conflicts they face. He further suggests that identifying and understanding the literate activities of safe house spaces opens up pedagogical possibilities inside and outside those spaces.

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