Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Degrees "M.A., Composition and Rhetoric"
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Antithetical dialogue: claiming rhetorical sovereignty in contemporary American Indian literature
(2010)"Canonical Euro-American literary and historical discourses exhibit American Indians in stereotypical terms. The characterization of American Indians in Euro-American discourse creates a silent absence in which American ... -
Black vernacular English and the rhetoric of Jeremiah Wright
(2008)In this exposition I discuss the rhetorical conventions which are prevalent in the Black Church in order to demonstrate how the African American rhetorical tradition helps shape the cultural identity of many African ... -
Ethos as street credibility: defining the street artist as a hero persona in the hip-hop lyrics of Nas
(2010)Hip-hop authenticity can simply be measured by an artist who is labeled as "real" or as a "sell out." Using Michael Dyson's concept of authenticity in hip-hop and Byron Hurt, Nelson George, and Mickev Hess's examination ...