Rhetorical Crossover: The Black Presence in White Culture

by Cedric D. Burrows

In music, crossover means that a song has moved beyond its original genre and audience into the general social consciousness. Rhetorical Crossover uses the same concept to theorize how the black rhetorical presence has moved in mainstream spaces in an era where African Americans were becoming more visible in white culture. Cedric Burrows argues that when black rhetoric moves into the dominant culture, white audiences appear welcoming to African...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822946203
• ISBN13: 9780822946205
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"