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Traces of a stream : literacy and social change among African American women

Title
Traces of a stream : literacy and social change among African American women / Jacqueline Jones Royster.
Author
Royster, Jacqueline Jones.
Publication
Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2000.

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Description
xii, 333 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"A showcase for nineteenth-century African American women, and particularly elite women, as a group of writers who are currently underrepresented in rhetorical scholarship."--Cover.
Series Statement
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Uniform Title
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Subject
  • English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > Social aspects > United States
  • African American women > Education > Social aspects
  • African Americans > Education
  • Literacy > Social aspects > United States
  • African American women > Social conditions
  • Language and culture > United States
  • Literacy > United States
  • African American women > Education > Social aspects
  • African American women > Social conditions
  • African Americans > Education
  • English language > Rhetoric > Study and teaching > Social aspects
  • Language and culture
  • Literacy
  • Literacy > Social aspects
  • Bildungsniveau
  • Soziale Situation
  • Schwarze Frau
  • Schriftstellerin
  • Dones afroamericanes > Educació
  • Alfabetització > Estats Units d'Amèrica
  • Llengua i cultura > Estats Units d'Amèrica
  • United States
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-325) and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
  • 0822941228
  • 9780822941224
  • 0822957256
  • 9780822957256
LCCN
99050942
OCLC
  • ocm43185828
  • 43185828
  • SCSB-1127230
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library