What we say, who we are
Subtitle: Leopold Senghor, Zora Neale Hurston, and the philosophy of language
By: Parker English.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739126516
Subjects: Senghor, Léopold Sédar, -- 1906-2001 -- Criticism and interpretation; Hurston, Zora Neale -- Criticism and interpretation; Language and languages in literature; Speech in literature; Ethnology in literature; Blacks -- Languages
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Senghor's discussion of negritude and Hurston's discussion of Negro expression; title: Performism : a view gleaned from Senghor and from Hurston; title: Performatives and reflexivity in light of Hurston's ethnography and fiction; title: Exchanges of speech; title: Speech and senses of self in Their eyes were watching God; title: Performism in the world.