African American rhetoric(s) : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Elaine B. Richardson and Ronald L. Jackson II ; with a foreword by Jacqueline Jones Royster ; with an introduction by Keith Gilyard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Richardson, Elaine B., 1960-

Jackson, Ronald L., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American prose literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American prose literature.

American prose literature--African American authors.

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

Speeches, addresses, etc., American.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

African Americans--Language.

African Americans.

Politics and literature.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Speeches, addresses, etc., American--African American authors.

United States.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.

Rhetoric.

English language--United States--Rhetoric.

Politics and literature--United States.

African Americans--Communication.

Black English.

Physical Description:

xviii, 309 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

African American rhetoric

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2004]

Summary:

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Outlining African American rhetorics found in literature, historical documents, and popular culture, the collection provides scholars, students, and teachers with innovative approaches for discussing the epistemologies and realities that foster the inclusion of rhetorical discourse in African American studies. In addition to analyzing African American rhetoric, the contributors project visions for pedagogy in the field and address new areas and renewed avenues of research. The result is an exploration of what parameters can be used to begin a more thorough and useful consideration of African Americans in rhetorical space.

African American Rhetoric(s) presents Reconstructionist, Black/African American, Nubian/Ancient Egyptian, and Afrocentric rhetorics. The scope of the volume is vast, yet the contributors are unified in finding connections between African American cultural understandings and current persuasive and negotiation strategies. The essays collectively work to reclaim topics that have shifted to other disciplines, and they also delineate debates about African American studies within rhetoric and composition and communications studies.

The volume includes a foreword by Jacqueline Jones Royster and an introduction by Keith Gilyard. Contributors are Shirley Wilson Logan, Kali Tal, Gwendolyn D. Pough, Jacqueline K. Bryant, Kimmika L. H. Williams, Clinton Crawford, Lena Ampadu, Elaine B. Richardson, Victoria Cliett, Adam J. Banks, Kermit E. Campbell, Vorris L. Nunley, Joyce Irene Middleton, and William W. Cook.

Contents:

Introduction: Aspects of African American Rhetoric as a Field / Keith Gilyard 1

Part 1 Historicizing and Analyzing African American Rhetoric(s)

1. Black Speakers, White Representations: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the Construction of a Public Persona / Shirley Wilson Logan 21

2. From Panther to Monster: Representations of Resistance from the Black Power Movement of the 1960s to the Boyz in the Hood and Beyond / Kali Tal 37

3. Rhetoric That Should Have Moved the People: Rethinking the Black Panther Party / Gwendolyn D. Pough 59

4. The Literary Foremother: An Embodiment of the Rhetoric of Freedom / Jacqueline K. Bryant 73

5. Ties That Bind: A Comparative Analysis of Zora Neale Hurston's and Geneva Smitherman's Work / Kimmika L. H. Williams 86

Part 2 Visions for Pedagogy of African American Rhetoric

6. The Multiple Dimensions of Nubian/Egyptian Rhetoric and Its Implications for Contemporary Classroom Instructions / Clinton Crawford 111

7. Modeling Orality: African American Rhetorical Practices and the Teaching of Writing / Lena Ampadu 136

8. Coming from the Heart: African American Students, Literacy Stories, and Rhetorical Education / Elaine B. Richardson 155

9. The Rhetoric of Democracy: Contracts, Declarations, and Bills of Sales / Victoria Cliett 170

Part 3 Visions for Research in African American Rhetoric(s)

10. Looking Forward to Look Back: Technology Access and Transformation in African American Rhetoric / Adam J. Banks 189

11. We Is Who We Was: The African/American Rhetoric of Amistad / Kermit E. Campbell 204

12. From the Harbor to Da Academic Hood: Hush Harbors and an African American Rhetorical Tradition / Vorris L. Nunley 221

13. "Both Print and Oral" and "Talking about Race": Transforming Toni Morrison's Language Issues into Teaching Issues / Joyce Irene Middleton 242

14. Found Not Founded / William W. Cook 259.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0809325659

OCLC:

53013716