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We Are Coming: The Persuasive Discourse of Nineteenth-Century Black Women
Shirley Wilso Logan
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Paperback. This study offers an analysis of the distinctive rhetorical features in the persuasive discourse of 19th-century black women. The author develops each chapter around a feature of public address as best exemplified in the oratory of a particular woman speaker of the era. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; CFA; CFG; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
The author of this book analyzes the rhetorical features in the persuasive discourse of 19th-century black women, concentrating on the public discourse of club and church women from 1880 until 1900. She Logan develops each chapter in this illustrated study around a feature of public address as best exemplified in the oratory of a particular woman speaker of the era. She analyzes not only speeches but also editorials, essays and letters. The study first focuses on the prophetic oratory of Maria Stewart, the first American-born black woman to speak publicly. Turning to Frances Harper, it considers speeches that argue for ... Read more
The author of this book analyzes the rhetorical features in the persuasive discourse of 19th-century black women, concentrating on the public discourse of club and church women from 1880 until 1900. She Logan develops each chapter in this illustrated study around a feature of public address as best exemplified in the oratory of a particular woman speaker of the era. She analyzes not only speeches but also editorials, essays and letters. The study first focuses on the prophetic oratory of Maria Stewart, the first American-born black woman to speak publicly. Turning to Frances Harper, it considers speeches that argue for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809321933
SKU
V9780809321933
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