The African origins of rhetoric

Blake, Cecil A.

The African origins of rhetoric [electronic resource] / by Cecil Blake. - New York : Routledge, 2009. - xiii, 140 p. - African studies .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- "The blackness without and the blackness within": the rhetorical construction of the African -- Rhetorical theory as background and context -- Africa in rhetorical scholarship -- Maat: the ethical grounding of the rhetoric of Ptah-hotep -- The rhetoric of Ptah-hotep -- From darkness to light -- Paradigmatic framework: postcolonial theory -- Epilogue -- Appendices.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Ptahhotep.


Rhetoric--History.--Africa
Criticism.
Postcolonialism.
National characteristics, African.


Electronic books.

P301.3.A35 / B43 2009

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