Richardson, Elaine B.,
and Jackson, Ronald L., II, eds. 2004. African American
Rhetorics: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Author abstract: African American Rhetoric(s): Interdisciplinary Perspectives is an
introduction to fundamental concepts and a systematic integration of historical
and contemporary lines of inquiry in the study of African American rhetorics.
The volume explores culturally and discursively developed forms of knowledge,
communicative practices, and persuasive strategies rooted in freedom struggles
by people of African ancestry in
In addition to analyzing African
American rhetoric, the contributors project visions for pedagogy in the field
and address new areas and renewed avenues of research. The result is an
exploration of what parameters can be used to begin a more thorough and useful
consideration of African Americans in rhetorical space. African American Rhetoric(s) presents Reconstructionist,
Black/African American, Nubian/Ancient Egyptian, and Afrocentric rhetorics. The
scope of the volume is vast, yet the contributors are unified in finding
connections between African American cultural understandings and current persuasive
and negotiation strategies. The essays collectively work to
reclaim topics that have shifted to other disciplines, and they also delineate
debates about African American studies within rhetoric and composition and
communications studies.
Contributors
are Shirley Wilson Logan, Kalf Tal, Gwendolyn D. Pough, Jacqueline K. Bryant,
Kimmika L.H. Williams, Clinton Crawford, Lena Ampadu, Elaine B. Richardson,
Victoria Cliett, Adam J. Banks, Kermit E. Campbell, Vorris L. Nunley, Joyce
Irene Middleton, and William W. Cook. Table of
contents available online via Amazon book-listing.
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