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

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.

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

Speeches, addresses, etc., American.

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

English language.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.

Rhetoric.

English language--United States--Rhetoric.

Politics and literature--United States.

Politics and literature.

African Americans--Intellectual life.

African Americans.

African Americans--Communication.

African Americans--Languages.

Black English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

African American rhetoric

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois Univ Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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 Outlining African American rhetorics found in literature, historical documents

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

0-8093-8741-7

OCLC:

856870480