Afrocentric Visions Studies in Culture and Communication

by Janice D. Hamlet

• ISBN13: 9780761908104
• ISBN10: 0761908102
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-09-22
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii	(4)
Molefi Kete Asante
Preface	xi
Part I. The Afrocentric Perspective: Ideology and Method	1	(44)
1. The Deep Structure of Culture: Relevance of Traditional African Culture in Contemporary Life	3	(12)
Linda James Myers
2. A Philosophical Basis for an Afrocentric Orientation	15	(12)
Norman Harris
3. Afrocentrism and the Afrocentric Method	27	(18)
Terry Kershaw
Part II. Afrocentric Approaches to Understanding Interpersonal, Group, and Public Communication Dynamics	45	(74)
4. Afrocentric Cultural Consciousness and African American Male-Female Relationships	47	(26)
Yvonne R. Bell
Cathy L. Bouie
Joseph A. Baldwin
5. Rethinking Organizations From an Afrocentric Viewpoint	73	(16)
Jerome H. Schiele
6. Understanding African American Oratory: Manifestations of Nommo	89	(18)
Janice D. Hamlet
7. Culture, Communication, and Afrocentrism: Some Rhetorical Implications of a New World Order	107	(12)
John W. Smith
Part III. Afrocentricity and the Black Aesthetic	119	(88)
8. The African-American Legacy in American Literature	121	(18)
Abu Abarry
9. The Way We Do: A Preliminary Investigation of the African Roots of African American Performance	139	(14)
Gale Jackson
10. Afrocentric Heroes in Theater	153	(22)
Barbara J. Molette
Carlton W. Molette
11. Representing African American Women in Hollywood Movies: An African-Conscious Analysis	175	(20)
M. Patricia E. Hilliard-Nunn
12. African Americans in Television: An Afrocentric Analysis	195	(12)
Alice A. Tait
Robert L. Perry
Part IV. Where Do We Go From Here? Challenges and Implications of the Afrocentric Perspective	207	(44)
13. The Functional Implications of Afrocentrism	209	(20)
Victor O. Okafor
14. Communication and Development: Imperatives for an Afrocentric Methodology	229	(18)
Peter O. Nwosu
Donald S. Taylor
Cecil A. Blake
15. Afrocentricity: The Challenge of Implementation	247	(4)
Na'im Akbar
Epilogue	251	(2)
Index	253	(10)
About the Contributors	263