You are here

Disable VAT on Taiwan

Unfortunately, as of 1 January 2020 SAGE Ltd is no longer able to support sales of electronically supplied services to Taiwan customers that are not Taiwan VAT registered. We apologise for any inconvenience. For more information or to place a print-only order, please contact uk.customerservices@sagepub.co.uk.

Afrocentric Visions
Studies in Culture and Communication

Edited by:

Janice D. Hamlet - Shippensburg University, USA

Other Titles in:
Ethnic Studies (General)

November 1998 | 280 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

In this timely 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.

Molefi Kete Asante

Foreword

PART ONE: THE AFROCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE: IDEOLOGY AND METHOD

Linda James Myers

The Deep Structure of Culture

Relevance of Traditional African Culture in Contemporary Life

Norman Harris

A Philosophical Basis for an Afrocentric Orientation

Terry Kershaw

Afrocentrism and the Afrocentric Method

PART TWO: AFROCENTRIC APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING INTERPERSONAL, GROUP AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION DYNAMICS

Yvonne Bell, Cathy Bouie and Joseph Baldwin

Afrocentric Cultural Consciousness and African American Male-Female Relationships

Jerome Schiele

Rethinking Organizations from an Afrocentric Viewpoint

Janice D Hamlet

Understanding African American Oratory

Manifestations of Nommo

John W Smith

Culture, Communication and Afrocentrism

Some Rhetorical Implications of a New World Order

PART THREE: AFROCENTRICITY AND THE BLACK AESTHETIC

Abu Abarry

The African-American Legacy in American Literature

Gale Jackson

The Way We Do

A Preliminary Investigation of the African Roots of African American Performance

Barbara J Molette and Carlton W Molette

Afrocentric Heroes in Theatre

Patricia Hilliard-Nunn

Representing African American Women in Hollywood Movies

An African-Conscious Analysis

Alice A Tait and Robert L Perry

African Americans in Television

An Afrocentric Analysis

PART FOUR: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? CHALLENGES AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE AFROCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE

Victor O Okafor

The Functional Implications of Afrocentrism

Peter O Nwoso, Donald S Taylor and Cecil A Blake

Communication and Development

Imperatives for an Afrocentric Methodology

Na'im Akbar

Afrocentricity

The Challenge of Implementation

Preview this book

◀▶➕➖

For instructors

This book is not available as an inspection copy. For more information contact your local sales representative.

Purchasing options

Please select a format:

Order from:

SAGE Knowledge is the ultimate social sciences digital library for students, researchers, and faculty. Hosting more than 4,400 titles, it includes an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content, including scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional development titles, and more.

The platform allows researchers to cross-search and seamlessly access a wide breadth of must-have SAGE book and reference content from one source.

SAGE Knowledge brings together high-quality content from across our imprints, including CQ Press and Corwin titles.

Find out more