Elaine B. Richardson (ed.)

Understanding African American Rhetoric

Classical Origins to Contemporary Innovations
Herausgeber: Jackson II, Ronald L.; Richardson, Elaine B.

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Produktbeschreibung

This is an extraordinarily well-balanced collection of essays focused on varied expressions of African American Rhetoric; it also is a critical antidote to a preoccupation with Western Rhetoric as the arbiter of what counts for effective rhetoric. Rather than impose Western terminology on African and African American rhetoric, the essays in this volume seek to illumine rhetoric from within its own cultural expression, thereby creating an understanding grounded in the culture's values. The consequence is a richly detailed and well-researched set of essays. The contribution of African American rhetoric can no longer be rendered invisible through neglect of its tradition. The essays in this volume neither seek to displace Western Rhetoric, nor function as an uncritical paen to Afrocentricity and Africology. This volume is both timely and essential; timely in advancing a better understanding of the richly textured history that is expressed through African American discourse, and essential as a counterpoint to the hegemonic influence of Greek and Roman rhetoric as the origin of rhetorical theory and practice. Written in the spirit of a critical rhetoric, this collection eschews traditional focus on public address and instead offers a rich array of texts, in musical and other forms, that address publics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9780415943871
• ISBN-10: 0415943876
• Artikelnr.: 21889067

Autorenporträt

Ronald L. Jackson II is Associate Professor of Culture and Communication Theory at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Negotiation of Cultural Identity (1999). Elaine B. Richardson is Assistant Professor of English and by courtesy, Applied Linguistics at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of African-American Literacies (Routledge, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Ronald L. Jackson, Elaine B. Richardson
Classical Egyptian Origins of African American Rhetoric
Chapter 1 Nommo, Kawaida, and Communicative Practice, Maulana Karenga
Chapter 2 The Spiritual Essence of African American Rhetoric, Adisa A. Alkebulan
Manifestations of African American Rhetoric and Orality
Chapter 3 African American Orality, Thurmon Garner, Carolyn Calloway-Thomas
Chapter 4 "Jesus Is a Rock", Melbourne S. Cummings, Judi Moore Latta
Chapter 5 The Use of Public Space as Cultural Communicator, Deborah F. Atwater, Sandra L. Herndon
Politics of Defining African American Rhetoric
Chapter 6 The Word at Work, Richard L. Wright
Chapter 7 The Politics of (In)visibility in African American Rhetorical Scholarship, Mark Lawrence McPhail
Chapter 8 Afrocentricity as Metatheory, Ronald L. Jackson II
African American Rhetorical Analyses of Struggle and Resistance
Chapter 9 Africological Theory and Criticism, Jeffrey Lynn Woodyard
Chapter 10 Every Man Fights for His Freedom, Ella Forbes
Chapter 11 "The Duty of the Civilized Is to Civilize the Uncivilized", Felicia M. Miyakawa
Chapter 12 Death Narratives from the Killing Fields, Carlos D. Morrison
Trends and Innovations in Analyzing Contemporary African American Rhetori
Chapter 13 Lauryn Hill as Lyricist and Womanist, Celnisha L. Dangerfield
Chapter 14 The Kink Factor, Regina E. Spellers
Chapter 15 An Afrocentric Rhetorical Analysis of Johnnie Cochran's Closing Argument in the O.J. Simpson Trial, Felicia R. Walker
Chapter 16 Afrocentric Rhetoric Transcending Audiences and Contexts, Shauntae Brown-White
Visions for Research in African American Rhetoric
Chapter 17 The Future of African American Rhetoric, Molefi Kete Asante
Chapter 18 The Discourse of African American Women, Dorthy L. Pennington