Understanding African American Rhetoric: Classical Origins to Contemporary Innovations

by Ronald L. Jackson II, Elaine B. Richardson (Editor), Peter B. Hervik

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

346 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2003

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm glad I read this book--quite glad--but it was a little hit or miss. For example, I don't understand why after the very inspiring Molefi Asante piece challenging postmodernity for Afrocentric post-colonial research we suddenly returned to historical criticism (really good stuff, but still--let's end on a piece from the founder of all this, especially in a section of the anthology expressing a look to the future). Some of the pieces seemed less well-organized and kind of...hmmm...graduate. But the highs of this book are incredibly nuanced and sophisticated, especially for opening up alternative canons.