Armondo R. Collins

Black God Trope and Rhetorical Resistance

A Tradition of Race and Religion

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Armondo R. Collins theorizes Black Nationalist rhetorical strategies as an avenue to better understanding African American communication practices. The author demonstrates how black rhetors use writing about God to create a language that reflects African Americansâ shifting subjectivity within the American experience.

Produktdetails

• Rhetoric, Race, and Religion
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781666921564
• ISBN-10: 1666921564
• Artikelnr.: 67412113

Autorenporträt

Armondo R. Collins is assistant professor of African American literature, thought, and cultural studies at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Black God Trope and Enthymematic Blackness
Chapter 2: Proto-Black Nationalism: Early Black Church Lore as Rhetorical
Performance and Resistance
Chapter 3: A Message to the Blackman in America: Elijah Muhamad's
Influential Religious Rhetoric
Chapter 4: Clarence 13x's Black God Ethos and the Rhetorical Challenge of
the Five Percent
Chapter 5: The Black God Trope in the Novel: A Message From the Black Woman
in America
Chapter 6: Alice Walker's Womanist Black God Trope in The Color Purple
Chapter 7: The Black God Trope as Rhetorical Pedagogy
Bibliography
About the Author