Afrocentric Visions: Studies in Culture and Communication

By: Hamlet, Janice D.

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761908102
• ISBN13: 9780761908104
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"