Traces of a stream : literacy and social change among African American women
A showcase for nineteenth-century African American women, and particularly elite women, as a group of writers who are currently underrepresented in rhetorical scholarship.
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xii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Publisher Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2000]
- Copyright ℗♭2000
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-325) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | In search of rivers: womanist writers and the essay -- Toward an analytical model for literacy and sociopolitical action -- The genesis of authority: when African women became American -- Going against the grain: the acquisition and use of literacy -- From this fertile ground: the development of rhetorical prowess -- A view from a bridge: Afrafeminist ideologies and rhetorical studies |
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Traces of a Stream : Literacy and Social Change among African-American Women
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Traces of a Stream : Literacy and Social Change among African-American Women
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Preface and Acknowledgments | p. ix | |
| Introduction: A Call for Other Ways of Reading | p. 3 | |
| Part 1. | A Rhetorical View | |
| 1. | In Search of Rivers: Womanist Writers and the Essay | p. 17 |
| 2. | Toward an Analytical Model for Literacy and Sociopolitical Action | p. 42 |
| Part 2. | A Historical View | |
| 3. | The Genesis of Authority: When African Women Became American | p. 77 |
| 4. | Going Against the Grain: The Acquisition and Use of Literacy | p. 108 |
| 5. | From This Fertile Ground: The Development of Rhetorical Prowess | p. 176 |
| Photographic Essay: African American Women Rhetors, When and Where They Enter | p. 239 | |
| Part 3. | An Ideological View | |
| 6. | A View from a Bridge: Afrafeminist Ideologies and Rhetorical Studies | p. 251 |
| Appendix 1. | Some Early African American Women Contributors, Editors, Publishers, and Owners of Periodical Publications | p. 289 |
| Appendix 2. | Some Early Periodical Publications with Which African American Women Writers Were Associated | p. 295 |
| Notes | p. 297 | |
| Bibliography | p. 307 | |
| Index | p. 327 |
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