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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815813603321

Titolo

African American Rhetoric(s) [[electronic resource] ] : interdisciplinary perspectives / / edited by Elaine B. Richardson and Ronald L. Jackson II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois Univ Press, 2007

ISBN

0-8093-8741-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RichardsonElaine B. <1960->

JacksonRonald L. <1970->

Disciplina

808.00896073

808/.0089/6073

Soggetti

American prose literature - African American authors - History and criticism

Speeches, addresses, etc., American - African American authors - History and criticism

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - United States

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States

English language - United States - Rhetoric

Politics and literature - United States

African Americans - Intellectual life

African Americans - Communication

African Americans - Languages

Black English

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword, by Jacqueline Jones Royster; Preface, by Elaine B. Richardson & Ronald L. Jackson II; Introduction: Aspects of African American Rhetoric as a Field, by Keith Gilyard; Part One: Historicizing and Analyzing African American Rhetoric(s); 1. Black Speakers, White Representations: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the Construction of a Public Persona, by Shirley Wilson Logan; 2. From Panther to Monster: Representations of Resistance from the Black Power Movement of the 1960's to the Boyz in the Hood and Beyond, by Kalí Tal



3. Rhetoric That Should Have Moved the People: Rethinking the Black Panther Party, by Gwendolyn D. Pough4. The Literary Foremother: An Embodiment of the Rhetoric of Freedom, by Jacqueline K. Bryant; 5. Ties that Bind: A Comparative Analysis of Zora Neale Hurston's and Geneva Smitherman's Work, by Kimmika L. H. Williams; Part Two: Visions for Pedagogy of African American Rhetoric; 6. The Multiple Dimensions of Nubian/Egyptian Rhetoric and Its Implications for Contemporary Classroom Instructions, by Clinton Crawford

7. Modeling Orality: African American Rhetorical Practices and the Teaching of Writing, by Lena Ampadu 8. Coming from the Heart: African American Students, Literacy Stories, and Rhetorical Education, by Elaine B. Richardson; 9. The Rhetoric of Democracy: Contracts, Declarations, and Bills of Sales, by Victoria Cliett; Part Three: Visions for Research in African American Rhetoric(s); 10. Looking Forward to Look Back: Technology Access and Transformation in African American Rhetoric, by Adam J. Banks; 11. We Is Who We Was: The African/American Rhetoric of Amistad, by Kermit E. Campbell

12. From the Harbor to Da Academic Hood: Hush Harbors and an African American Rhetorical Tradition, by Vorris L. Nunley13. "Both Print and Oral" and "Talking about Race": Transforming Toni Morrison's Language Issues into Teaching Issues, by Joyce Irene Middleton; 14. Found Not Founded, by William W. Cook; References; Contributors; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

African American Rhetoric(s): Interdisciplinary Perspectives is an introduction to fundamental concepts and a systematic integration of historical and contemporary lines of inquiry in the study of African American rhetorics. Edited by Elaine B. Richardson and Ronald L. Jackson II, the volume explores culturally and discursively developed forms of knowledge, communicative practices, and persuasive strategies rooted in freedom struggles by people of African ancestry in America. Outlining African American rhetorics found in literature, historical documents