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What we say, who we are : Leopold Senghor, Zora Neale Hurston, and the philosophy of language

Title
What we say, who we are : Leopold Senghor, Zora Neale Hurston, and the philosophy of language / Parker English.
Author
English, Parker.
Publication
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2010.

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Description
vii, 139 p.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Senghor's discussion of "negritude" and Hurston's discussion of "Negro expression" -- Performism : a view gleaned from Senghor and from Hurston -- Performatives and reflexivity in light of Hurston's ethnography and fiction -- Exchanges of speech -- Speech and senses of self in Their eyes were watching God -- Performism in the world.
Call Number
Sc E 10-141
ISBN
  • 9780739126516 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0739126512 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009028933
OCLC
YBP 2009028933
Author
English, Parker.
Title
What we say, who we are : Leopold Senghor, Zora Neale Hurston, and the philosophy of language / Parker English.
Imprint
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2010.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 10-141
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