Understanding African American rhetoric : classical origins to contemporary innovations

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Understanding African American rhetoric : classical origins to contemporary innovations

edited by Ronald L. Jackson II and Elaine B. Richardson

Routledge, 2003

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780415943864

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First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Table of Contents

Dedication Foreword Introduction Acknowedgements SECTION ONE: Classical Egyptian Origins of African American Rhetoric 1 Nommo, Kawaida and Communicative Practice: Bringing Good Into the World 2. The Spiritual Essence of African American Rhetoric SECTION TWO: Manifestations of African American Rhetoric and Orality 3. African American Orality: Expanding Rhetoric 4. Jesus is a Rock: Spirituals as Lived Experiences 5. The Use of Public Space as Cultural Communicator: How Museums Reconstruct and Reconnect Cultural Memory SECTION THREE: Politics of Defining African American Rhetoric 6. The Word at Work: Ideological and Epistemological Dynamics in Reality Construction 7. The Politics of (In)visibility in African American Rhetorical Scholarship: A (Re) Quest for an African World View 8. Afrocentricity as Metatheory: A dialogic exploration of its principles SECTION FOUR: African American Rhetorical Analyses of Struggle and Resistance 9. Africological Theory and Criticism: Reconceptualizing Communication Constructs 10. Every Man Fights for His Freedom: The Rhetoric of African American Resistance in the Mid-19th Century 11. The Duty of the Civilized is to Civilise the Uncivilised: Tropes of Black Nationalism in the Messages of Five Percent Rappers 12. Death Narratives from the Killing Fields: Narrative Criticism and the Case of Tupac Shakur SECTION FIVE: Trends and Innovations in Analyzing Contemporary African American Rhetoric 13. Lauryn Hill As Lyricist and Womanist 14. The Kink Factor: A Womanist Discourse Analysis of African American Mother/Daughter Perspectives on Negotiating Black Hair/Body Politics 15. An Afrocentric Rhetorical Analysis of Johnnie Cochran's Closing Arguments in the OJ Simpson Trial 16. Afrocentric Rhetoric Transcending Audiences and Contexts: A Case Study of Preacher, Politician Emanuel Cleaver II SECTION SIX: Visions for Research in African American Rhetoric 17. The Future of African American Rhetoric 18. The Discourse of African American Women: A Case for Extended Paradigms About the Contributors
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: pbk ISBN 9780415943871

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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.

Table of Contents

  • 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

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