Afrocentric visions [electronic resource] : studies in culture and communication / edited by Janice D. Hamlet

Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 1998.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 266 pages)
Additional Creators: Hamlet, Janice D.

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Machine generated contents note: Pt. I The Afrocentric Perspective: Ideology and Method -- 1.The Deep Structure of Culture: Relevance of Traditional African Culture in Contemporary Life / Linda James Myers -- 2.A Philosophical Basis for an Afrocentric Orientation / Norman Harris -- 3.Afrocentrism and the Afrocentric Method / Terry Kershaw -- Pt. II Afrocentric Approaches to Understanding Interpersonal, Group, and Public Communication Dynamics -- 4.Afrocentric Cultural Consciousness and African American Male-Female Relationships / Yvonne R. Bell / Cathy L. Bouie / Joseph A. Baldwin -- 5.Rethinking Organizations From an Afrocentric Viewpoint / Jerome H. Schiele -- 6.Understanding African American Oratory: Manifestations of Nommo / Janice D. Hamlet -- 7.Culture, Communication, and Afrocentrism: Some Rhetorical Implications of a New World Order / John W. Smith -- Pt. III Afrocentricity and the Black Aesthetic -- 8.The African-American Legacy in American Literature / Abu Abarry -- 9.The Way We Do: A Preliminary Investigation of the African Roots of African American Performance / Gale Jackson -- 10.Afrocentric Heroes in Theater / Barbara J. Molette / Carlton W. Molette -- 11.Representing African American Women in Hollywood Movies: An African-Conscious Analysis / M. Patricia E. Hilliard-Nunn -- 12.African Americans in Television: An Afrocentric Analysis / Alice A. Tait / Robert L. Perry -- Pt. IV Where Do We Go From Here? Challenges and Implications of the Afrocentric Perspective -- 13.The Functional Implications of Afrocentrism / Victor O. Okafor -- 14.Communication and Development: Imperatives for an Afrocentric Methodology / Peter O. Nwosu / Donald S. Taylor / Cecil A. Blake -- 15.Afrocentricity: The Challenge of Implementation / Na'im Akbar.

Summary

In this volume, editor Janice D. Hamlet has chosen essays which illuminate various aspects of African American culture, refracted through the lens of Afrocentric thought. The book examines: Afrocentric ideology and methodology; Afrocentric approaches to the dynamics of communication; the Afrocentric influence on the black aesthetic, with an examination of language, literature, oral tradition, movies and television; and the future of Afrocentric visions.

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9781483328386 (ebook)

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Specialized.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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