Critical essays on Dagaaba rhetoric
By: Anthony Y. Naaeke.
Series: American University studies VII: Theology and religion -- v. 295
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433106804
Subjects: Rhetoric -- Social aspects -- Ghana; Dagaare language -- Rhetoric; Discourse analysis, Narrative -- Ghana; Communication in community development -- Ghana; Dagaaba (African people) -- Religion; Dagaaba (African people) -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The Dagaaba of Ghana; title: The cultural relevance of myth: a reader-response analysis of the Bagre myth with reference to the role and place of women in the Dagaaba society; title: African art and persuasion: the rhetoric of the bera among the Dagaaba of Ghana; title: Consolatory rhetoric: persuasion in Dagaaba funeral, rituals and symbolic action; title: Dismantling fear and establishing ethos: missionary activity as persuasion; title: Breaking the silence on domestic violence: communication for development in northwestern Ghana; title: Liberating the "mistress" in Africa: the prophetic role of development communication.