The African origins of rhetoric

Blake, Cecil A.

The African origins of rhetoric [Texte imprimé] / Cecil Blake - New York ; London : Routledge, 2009 - 1 vol. (XIII-140 p.) ; 23 cm - African studies : history, politics, economics, and culture . - African studies : history, politics, economics, and culture .

Bibliogr. p. [133]-137

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

978-0-415-88387-0 0-415-88387-3

Rhetoric Ptahhotep Criticism Postcolonialism National characteristics, African

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