LEADER 02892nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910454699503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-84058-X 010 $a1-282-15329-3 010 $a9786612153297 010 $a0-203-87552-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000762090 035 $a(EBL)435620 035 $a(OCoLC)456431343 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000099856 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11130746 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099856 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10019206 035 $a(PQKB)11588636 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC435620 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL435620 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10313073 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215329 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000762090 100 $a20090203d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe African origins of rhetoric$b[electronic resource] /$fby Cecil Blake 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (157 p.) 225 0 $aAfrican studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-88387-3 311 $a0-415-99771-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPrologue -- "The blackness without and the blackness within": the rhetorical construction of the African -- Rhetorical theory as background and context -- Africa in rhetorical scholarship -- Maat: the ethical grounding of the rhetoric of Ptah-hotep -- The rhetoric of Ptah-hotep -- From darkness to light -- Paradigmatic framework: postcolonial theory -- Epilogue -- Appendices. 330 $aThrough a critical analysis of ancient African texts that predate Greco-Roman treatises Cecil Blake revisits the roots of rhetorical theory and challenges what is often advanced as the ""darkness metaphor"" -- the rhetorical construction of Africa and Africans. Blake offers a thorough examination of Ptah-hotep and core African ethical principles (Maat) and engages rhetorical scholarship within the wider discourse of African development. In so doing, he establishes a direct relationship between rhetoric and development studies in non-western societies and highlights the prospect for applying 410 0$aAfrican studies (Routledge (Firm)) 606 $aRhetoric$zAfrica$xHistory 606 $aCriticism 606 $aPostcolonialism 606 $aNational characteristics, African 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRhetoric$xHistory. 615 0$aCriticism. 615 0$aPostcolonialism. 615 0$aNational characteristics, African. 676 $a808.0096 700 $aBlake$b Cecil A$0911663 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454699503321 996 $aThe African origins of rhetoric$92041505 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01647nam 2200457 a 450 001 9910697259903321 005 20230902161553.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000002386322 035 $a(OCoLC)689994935 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002386322 100 $a20101206d2006 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aComposite erosion by computational simulation$b[electronic resource] /$fChristos C. Chamis 210 1$aCleveland, Ohio :$cNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center,$d[2006] 215 $a1 online resource (22 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aNASA/TM ;$v2006-214096 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed on Nov. 22, 2010). 300 $a"February 2006." 300 $a"Prepared for the SAMPE 2006, sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Long Beach California, April 30-May 4, 2006." 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 22). 410 0$aNASA technical memorandum ;$v2006-214096. 606 $aDegradation$2nasat 606 $aErosion$2nasat 606 $aVoid ratio$2nasat 606 $aComputer programs$2nasat 615 7$aDegradation. 615 7$aErosion. 615 7$aVoid ratio. 615 7$aComputer programs. 700 $aChamis$b C. C$g(Christos C.)$0947874 712 02$aNASA Glenn Research Center. 801 0$bGPO 801 1$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910697259903321 996 $aComposite erosion by computational simulation$93489615 997 $aUNINA