African American Rhetoric(s)
Subtitle: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Contributors: Jacqueline Jones Royster (Foreword); Keith Gilyard (Introduction)
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University
Published: April 23, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780809325658
Subjects: Black studies; Rhetoric; Sociolinguistics; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; American - African American & Black; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Literary Criticism; USA; History and criticism; American - African American; Social Science / African-American Studies; African American authors; Speeches, addresses, etc., Ame; Study and teaching; United States; American prose literature; English language
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