Bjorn F. Stillion Southard

Gebundenes Buch

Peculiar Rhetoric

Slavery, Freedom, and the African Colonization Movement

Beschreibung

Probes the complex issues of identity confronting free blacks who attempted to meaningfully engage in colonization efforts. From a peculiarly voiced ""Counter Memorial"" against the ACS to the letters of wealthy black merchant Louis Sheridan, Stillion Southard brings to light the intricate rhetoric of blacks who addressed colonization to Africa.

Autor

Bjørn F. Stillion Southard is assistant professor of communication studies at University of Georgia. He is coauthor of Presenting at Work: A Guide to Public Speaking in Professional Contexts. His research appears in the volume Thinking Together: Lecturing, Learning, and Difference in the Long Nineteenth Century. He has written articles in Quarterly Journal of Speech , Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Argumentation and Advocacy, and elsewhere.

Produktdetails

• Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series
• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781496823694
• ISBN-10: 1496823699
• Artikelnr.: 54550367