Amid the Fall, dreaming of Eden
Subtitle: Du Bois, King, Malcolm X, and emancipatory composition
By: Bradford T. Stull.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Carbondale, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963.; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Racism -- Political aspects -- United States.; Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Description: "Whom, or what, does composition - defined here as an intentional process of study, either oral or written - serve? Bradford T.

Stull contends that composition would do well to articulate, in theory and practice, what could be called "emancipatory composition." He argues that emancipatory composition is radically theopolitical: it roots itself in the foundational theological and political language of the American experience while it subverts this language in order to emancipate the oppressed and, thereby, the oppressors."--BOOK JACKET.

"To articulate this vision, Stull looks to those who compose from an oppressed place, finding in the works of W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X radical theopolitical practices that can serve as a model for emancipatory composition."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-142) and index.