"Black Pioneers in Communication Research is a pathbreaking book
that displays a refreshingly joyful and critical spirit. Here,
communication theory is shown to be the work of real persons living
real lives, asking real questions of real problems. By celebrating
and evaluating the lives of Black scholars as they have sought to
advance communication studies, readers are introduced to perhaps
the first truly foundational text our field has to offer! By
tracing pioneers' life histories up to their current contributions
to the field of communication, students will not simply be exposed
to a concept and its definition, but rather invited to explore the
evolution of both the concept and its progenitor. This illuminates
and enlivens the study of communication while helping readers to be
conscious of the conditions that have helped to shape our current
state of knowledge. Black Pioneers in Communication Research is
fully edifying: It lifts all communication scholars higher by being
courageous enough to teach us as intellectuals that when we lay
bare some of the intricacies of our lives, our students are better
able to understand the complex canvases upon which our paradigms
are built." --Eric King Watts, Wake Forest University Black
Pioneers in Communication Research is the only book in the field of
communication that-through personal interviews-systematically
explores the lives, careers, and profound conceptual contributions
of the men and women who have helped shape the contours of
humanistic and social scientific inquiry within communication
studies and beyond. The personal lives and careers of eleven
leading scholars are profiled: Molefi Kete Asante, Donald E. Bogle,
Hallie Quinn Brown, Melbourne S. Cummings, Jack L. Daniel, Oscar H.
Gandy, Jr., Stuart Hall, Marsha Houston, Joni L. Jones/Iya Omi Osun
Olomo, Dorthy L. Pennington, and Orlando L. Taylor. These pioneers
have had an indelible impact on Black Studies, sociology,
communication, political science, film studies, rhetoric,
sociolinguistics, and cultural studies. Black Pioneers in
Communication Research presents a penetrating look into the
circumstances that shifted the paradigms of interdisciplinary
thought. Some of the concepts covered in this book are
afrocentricity, articulation theory, aphasia, oral performance and
interpretation, womanism, Black English, Black oral traditions, the
TrEE communication development model, chronemics, as well as the
mammy, buck, mulatto, coon, and Uncle Tom images in film and
television. Intended Audience:This is an excellent textbook for
advanced undergraduate and graduate courses dealing with African
American communication and/or communication research (such as
intercultural communication, African American communication,
African American studies, African American rhetoric, communication
research, and communication theory~
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