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Book SynopsisAfrican American Women''s Rhetoric: The Search for Dignity, Personhood, and Honor deals with the rhetoric of African American women from enslavement to current times, examining slave narratives and contemporary print, music, and other media surrounding the lives of African American women. Covering a variety of specific women and their rhetoric within the context of a historical period, the book provides central themes and strategic and social concerns of African American women and their environment. It frames, in some, cases, the rhetoric of contemporary women in politics and other fields of prominence_including Condoleeza Rice and Barbara Lee, among others. Deborah F. Atwater explores how African women today who engage in speech in the public sphere come from a historical line of active women who have been outspoken in politics, education, business, and various social contexts; heretofore, these women have not been studied in a comprehensive manner. Specifically, how do these African
Trade ReviewDr. Atwater has continued to give a prolonged glance at African women from Saartjie Baartman to Queen Latifah who have demonstrated dignity, honor, beauty, and activism despite the odds. Her presentation of their contributions and speeches shows how these women continued to build on the foundation that was laid by our foremothers. Great read! -- Laverne Gyant, Northern Illinois University
Table of Contents1 Table of Contents 2 Dedication 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 1. Awakenings Chapter 5 2. And the Truth Shall Set You Free Chapter 6 3. African American Women in the Civil War and Reconstruction Chapter 7 4. Leading to World War I Chapter 8 5. World War II and the Lives of Working-Class African American Women Chapter 9 6. The Era of the Modern Civil Rights Movement: The Struggle for Rights Continues Chapter 10 7. African American Women in Contemporary Politics and Political Organizations Chapter 11 8. Contemporary Times: African American Women and Hip-Hop Chapter 12 9. The Struggle Continues: Steps to Implementing Change
