Rhetorical crossover : the black presence in white culture / Cedric Burrows.
| Author/creator | Burrows, Cedric author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2020] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture. ^A299123 |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 13, 2020). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: 0822946203 9780822946205 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780822987611 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 0822987619 (electronic book) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv17ndmtk JSTOR |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |