Willie J. Harrell

Origins of the African American Jeremiad

The Rhetorical Strategies of Social Protest and Activism, 1760-1861

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Produktbeschreibung

In the moralistic texts of jeremiadic discourse, authors lament the condition of society, utilizing prophecy as a means of predicting its demise. This study delves beneath the socio-religious and cultural exterior of the American jeremiadic tradition to unveil the complexities of African American jeremiadic rhetoric in antebellum America. It examines the development of the tradition in response to slavery, explores its contributions to the antebellum social protest writings of African Americans, and evaluates the role of the jeremiad in the growth of an African American literary genre. Despite its situation within an unreceptive environment, the African American jeremiad maintained its power, continuing to influence contemporary African American literary and cultural traditions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780786466894
• ISBN-10: 0786466898
• Artikelnr.: 33768132

Autorenporträt

Willie J. Harrell, Jr., is an associate professor of English at Kent State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
Introduction: Mapping the African American Jeremiad     
1. The Great Tradition of Black Protest: Characteristics of the African
American Jeremiad     
2. Early Development     
3. The African American Jeremiad, the Constitution and the Declaration of
Independence     
4. Black Nationalism in the Early Republic     
5. Black Women Jeremiahs     
6. The Age of Abolitionism     
7. The Transatlantic African American Jeremiad     
8. The Black Canadian Jeremiad     
Conclusion: The Great Tradition of Black Protest Continues     
Chapter Notes     
Works Cited     
Index