Centering ourselves
Subtitle: African American feminist and womanist studies of discourse
By: edited by Marsha Houston, Olga Idriss Davis ; [with a preface by Geneva Smitherman and an epilogue by Patricia Hill Collins].
Contributors: Houston, Marsha.; Davis, Olga Idriss.
Series: The Hampton Press communication series.
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cresskill, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: African American women -- Languages; English language -- United States -- Discourse analysis; English language -- United States -- Sex differences; Feminists -- United States -- Languages; Women -- United States -- Languages; African Americans -- Languages; Black English; Americanisms
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: ART I: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; title: 1. Goals for Emancipatory Communication Research; title: on Black Women; title: Brenda J. Allen; title: 2. Theorizing African American Women's Discourse:; title: The Public and Private Spheres of Experience; title: Olga Idriss Davis; title: 3. Conceiving the Language of Black Women's Everyday Talk; title: Karla D. Scott; title: PART II: CASE STUDIES; title: 4. Triumph Stories: Caring and Accountability in; title: African American Women's Conversation Narratives; title: Marsha Houston; title: 5. "We Be Strong Women": A Womanist Analysis of; title: Black Women's Sociolinguistic Behavior; title: Denise Troutman; title: 6. Phenomenology and Black Feminist Thought:; title: Exploring African American Women's Everyday; title: Encounters as Points of Contention; title: Mark P. Orbe, Darlene K. Drummond,; title: and Sakile Kai Camara; title: 7. "Take Care of Your Sisters": Communication Among; title: the Women in the Works of Pearl Cleage; title: Joni L. Jones and Teri L. Varner; title: 8. The Nobility of Womanhood: "Womanhood" in the Rhetoric; title: of 19th Century Black Club Women; title: Cindy L. White and Catherine A. Dobris; title: 9. The Female Voice in Hip-Hop: An Exploration into the; title: Potential of the Erotic Appeal; title: Eric King Watts; title: 10. Sweet Honey In The Rock: Building Communities; title: Through Resistant Voices; title: Jessica L. Davis; title: 11. Epilogue; title: Patricia Hill Collins; title: Author Index; title: Subject Index.