On African-American rhetoric / Keith Gilyard and Adam J. Banks.

Author/creator Gilyard, Keith, 1952- author.
Other author Banks, Adam J. (Adam Joel) author.
Format Electronic
PublicationNew York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
Copyright Date©2018
Description1 online resource (ix, 146 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
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Contents Introduction -- Historical overview of african-american rhetoric -- Jeremiads and manifestoes -- Rhetorical theory -- Technology and African-American rhetoric -- Rhetoric and black twitter -- College-writing instruction and African-American rhetoric -- Conclusion.
Abstract On African-American Rhetoric traces the arc of strategic language use by African Americans from rhetorical forms such as slave narratives and the spirituals to Black digital expression and contemporary activism. The governing idea is to illustrate the basic call-response process of African-American culture and to demonstrate how this dynamic has been and continues to be central to the language used by African Americans to make collective cultural and political statements. Ranging across genres and disciplines, including rhetorical theory, poetry, fiction, folklore, speeches, music, film, pedagogy, and memes, Gilyard and Banks consider language developments that have occurred both inside and outside of organizations and institutions. Along with paying attention to recent events, this book incorporates discussion of important forerunners who have carried the rhetorical baton. These include Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Sojourner Truth, Anna Julia Cooper, W.E.B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Toni Cade Bambara, Molefi Asante, Alice Walker, and Geneva Smitherman. Written for students and professionals alike, this book is powerful and instructive regarding the long African-American quest for freedom and dignity. -- From publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 127-139) and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Gilyard, Keith, 1952- On African-American rhetoric. ©2018 9781138090446
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