{"product_id":"traces-of-a-stream-literacy-and-social-change-among-african-american-women-9780822957256","title":"Traces Of A Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraces of a Stream\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique scholarly perspective that merges interests in rhetorical and literacy studies, United States social and political theory, and African American women writers. Focusing on elite nineteenth-century African American women who formed a new class of women well positioned to use language with consequence, Royster uses interdisciplinary perspectives (literature, history, feminist studies, African American studies, psychology, art, sociology, economics) to present a well-textured rhetorical analysis of the literate practices of these women. With a shift in educational opportunity after the Civil War, African American women gained access to higher education and received formal training in rhetoric and writing. By the end of the nineteenth-century, significant numbers of African American women operated actively in many public arenas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her study, Royster acknowledges the persistence of disempowering forces in the lives of African American women and their equal perseverance against these forces. Amid these conditions, Royster views the acquisition of literacy as a dynamic moment for African American women, not only in terms of their use of written language to satisfy their general needs for agency and authority, but also to fulfill socio-political purposes as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraces of a Stream \u003c\/i\u003eis a showcase for nineteenth-century African American women, and particularly elite women, as a group of writers who are currently underrepresented in rhetorical scholarship. Royster has formulated both an analytical theory and an ideological perspective that are useful in gaining a more generative understanding of literate practices as a whole and the practices of African American women in particular. Royster tells a tale of rhetorical prowess, calling for alternative ways of seeing, reading, and rendering scholarship as she seeks to establish a more suitable place for the contributions and achievements of African American women writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacqueline Jones Royster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822957256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2000 pg. 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2000 pg. 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacqueline Jones Royster, associate professor of English at the Ohio State University, has three complementary areas of interest: the rhetorical history of women of African descent, the development of literacy, and delivery systems for the teaching of writing. Royster was a member of the editorial collective of \u003ci\u003eSAGE: A Scholarly Journal of Black Women (1983-1996), \u003c\/i\u003ewith whom she co-edited\u003ci\u003e Double-Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters; \u003c\/i\u003eshe also edited\u003ci\u003e Southern Horrors and Other Writings: The Anti-Lynching Campaign of Ida B. Wells, 1892-1900, \u003c\/i\u003eand served as the consulting author for composition of\u003ci\u003e Writer's Choice, Grades 6-8.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40687328788595,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":86.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_001c9efa-8e84-4283-ac7e-b21d5c81c751.jpg?v=1675175676","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/traces-of-a-stream-literacy-and-social-change-among-african-american-women-9780822957256","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}