Amid the Fall, dreaming of Eden : Du Bois, King, Malcolm X, and emancipatory composition
by
Stull, Bradford T., 1961-
Title
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Amid the Fall, dreaming of Eden : Du Bois, King, Malcolm X, and emancipatory composition
Author
:
Stull, Bradford T., 1961-
ISBN
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9780809322497
Personal Author
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Stull, Bradford T., 1961-
Publication Information
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Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, c1999.
Physical Description
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x, 144 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
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1. Emancipatory Composition. The Theoretical Tradition. Composition from the Color Line. Du Bois, King, Malcolm X. Theopolitical Tropes -- 2. The Fall. Babel. Division of Property. Violence -- 3. The Orient. Yellow, Alien Other. Wise Person. Backward Place -- 4. Africa. Africa as Suffering. Africa as Monstrous/Noble -- 5. Eden. Malcolm X. Du Bois. King -- 6. Conclusion.
Abstract
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"Whom, or what, does composition - defined here as an intentional process of study, either oral or written - serve? Bradford T. Stull contends that composition would do well to articulate, in theory and practice, what could be called "emancipatory composition." He argues that emancipatory composition is radically theopolitical: it roots itself in the foundational theological and political language of the American experience while it subverts this language in order to emancipate the oppressed and, thereby, the oppressors."--BOOK JACKET. "To articulate this vision, Stull looks to those who compose from an oppressed place, finding in the works of W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X radical theopolitical practices that can serve as a model for emancipatory composition."--BOOK JACKET.
Personal Subject
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
Subject Term
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African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Racism -- United States -- Political aspects.
Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
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| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015726306 | 305.89607300922 D812A 1999 | 1 |