Rhetorical crossover : the Black presence in White culture / Cedric Burrows.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burrows, Cedric, author.

Series:

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Variation--United States.

English language.

Black English--United States.

Black English.

African Americans--Racial identiy.

African Americans.

African Americans--Language.

Americanisms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020]

Summary:

"In music, crossover means that a song has moved beyond its original genre and audience into the general social consciousness. Rhetorical Crossover uses the same concept to theorize how the black rhetorical presence has moved in mainstream spaces in an era where African Americans were becoming more visible in white culture. Cedric Burrows argues that when black rhetoric moves into the dominant culture, white audiences appear welcoming to African Americans as long as they present an acceptable form of blackness for white tastes. The predominant culture has always constructed coded narratives on how the black rhetorical presence should appear and behave when in majority spaces. In response, African Americans developed their own narratives that revise and reinvent mainstream narratives while also reaffirming their humanity. Using an interdisciplinary model built from music, education, film, and social movement studies, Rhetorical Crossover details the dueling narratives about African Americans that percolate throughout the United States"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Too Black, Too Strong: The Black Rhetorical Presence

“Hey, Man, You're Taking My Heritage”: Rhetorical Crossover, R&B, and Dinah Washington

Black Skin, White Discourse: Whitescripting and Cultroscripting Textbooks

That's Entertainment? Whitescaping and Afroscaping Civil Rights Movies

Whose Lives Matter? Whitesplaining and Afroplaining Public Discourse

Conclusion. Paying the Toll: The Black Tax and the Black Rhetorical Presence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822946205

0822946203

OCLC:

1199956439