Rhetorical healing : the reeducation of contemporary Black womanhood / Tamika L. Carey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carey, Tamika L., 1978- author.

Series:

SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory.

SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Intellectual life.

African American women.

African American women--Psychology.

African American women in literature.

Psychic trauma in literature.

Healing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the Black women's literary renaissance ended nearly three decades ago, a profitable and expansive market of self-help books, inspirational literature, family-friendly plays, and films marketed to Black women has emerged. Through messages of hope and responsibility, the writers of these texts develop templates that tap into legacies of literacy as activism, preaching techniques, and narrative formulas to teach strategies for overcoming personal traumas or dilemmas and resuming one's quality of lifeDrawing upon Black vernacular culture as well as scholarship in rhetorical theory, literacy studies, Black feminism, literary theory, and cultural studies, Tamika L. Carey deftly traces discourses on healing within the writings and teachings of such figures as Oprah Winfrey, Iyanla Vanzant, T. D. Jakes, and Tyler Perry, revealing the arguments and curricula they rely on to engage Black women and guide them to an idealized conception of wellness. As Carey demonstrates, Black women's wellness campaigns indicate how African Americans use rhetorical education to solve social problems within their communities and the complex gender politics that are mass-produced when these efforts are commercialized.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438462424

1438462425