Centering Ourselves African American Feminist and Womanist Studies of Discourse

Name: Centering Ourselves African American Feminist and Womanist Studies of Discourse
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ISBN: 9781572733510

ISBN-10: 1572733519

ISBN-13: 9781572733510

Edition: 2002

Authors: Marsha Houston, Olga Idriss Davis

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In this book the editors suggest an approach to the study of black women as communicators that centers the knowledge and wisdom conveyed through the 19th and 20th centuries both in the public rhetoric of notable black women and in ordinary women's everyday conversations. The goal is to present what is not found in other communication books and Joomals - an angle of vision on black women's rhetoric and everyday talk that both takes account of the material circumstances and ideological contexts of black women's communication and honors black women's interpretations of discourse. Although the authors employ a variety of contemporary communication concepts and theories, all make the traditions…

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List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Hampton Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/31/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Introduction: A Black Women's Angle of Vision on Communication Studies	p. 1
Conceptual Framework
Goals for Emancipatory Communication Research on Black Women	p. 21
Theorizing African American Women's Discourse: The Public and Private Spheres of Experience	p. 35
Conceiving the Language of Black Women's Everyday Talk	p. 53
Case Studies
Triumph Stories: Caring and Accountability in African American Women's Conversation Narratives	p. 77
"We Be Strong Women": A Womanist Analysis of Black Women's Sociolinguistic Behavior	p. 99
Phenomenology and Black Feminist Thought: Exploring African American Women's Everyday Encounters as Points of Contention	p. 123
"Take Care of Your Sisters": Communication Among the Women in the Works of Pearl Cleage	p. 145
The Nobility of Womanhood: "Womanhood" in the Rhetoric of 19th Century Black Club Women	p. 171
The Female Voice in Hip-Hop: An Exploration into the Potential of the Erotic Appeal	p. 187
Sweet Honey In the Rock: Building Communities Through Resistant Voices	p. 215
Epilogue	p. 241
Author Index	p. 245
Subject Index	p. 251
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