Malcolm X: Inventing Radical Judgment Contributor(s): Terrill, Robert E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870137301 ISBN-13: 9780870137303 Publisher: Michigan State University Press OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: Prior to this text, little has been done to analyze Malcolm X's speeches. Author Robert Terrill explores the key texts from the African-American protest, those delivered while he was a minister for the Nation of Islam and afterwards. This volume shows that the changing potential of Malcolm's rhetoric lies, in part, in its iconoclastic refusal to be constrained by definitive boundaries. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2004012334 |
Series: Rhetoric & Public Affairs |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.26" W x 9.3" (1.12 lbs) 255 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
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Publisher Description: Few figures haunt the collective American psyche like Malcolm X. Hoodlum, convict, convert, prophet, nationalist, and martyr, Malcolm's life spans the Civil Rights era like an index of America's racial anxiety. Dozens of books and hundreds of articles have analyzed his life, his work, and the various ways that his image has been appropriated by American culture. Not much has been done, however, to analyze his speeches. This would be a glaring omission in the body of scholarship about almost any public figure, but is especially troubling with regard to Malcolm X. His legacy does not consist of marches preserved on newsreels, legislation passed by Congress, or holidays observed by the state; his legacy consists almost exclusively of his words. |
Contributor Bio(s): Terrill, Robert E.: - Robert E. Terrill is Associate Professor in the department of Communication & Culture, and adjunct faculty in the American Studies program, at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. In 2005, Terrill received the $10,000 Kohrs-Campbell Prize in Rhetorical Criticism. He was named 2003 Teacher of the Year by Lambda Pi Eta, Communication Studies Honor Society. In 2002, he received the Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (TERA). His essays analyzing speeches and films have appeared in The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Critical Studies in Media Communication, and other journals. He has served on the editorial board of several academic journals. |