Race, Rhetoric, and Technology: Searching for Higher Ground

by Adam J. Banks

Book Overview

In this book Adam Banks uses the concept of the Digital Divide as a metonym for America's larger racial divide, in an attempt to figure out what meaningful access for African Americans to technologies and the larger American society can or should mean. He argues that African American rhetorical traditions--the traditions of struggle for justice and equitable participation in American society--exhibit complex and nuanced ways of understanding the difficulties...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805853138
• ISBN13: 9780805853131
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.0"