LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies

Through all three of the essential works in this compendium, Gilyard has nourished American literary and rhetorical discourse with a reframing of topics and conversations spanning language, culture, and educational praxis.

In another sense, however, it seeks to offer a more general statement about the culturally constructed nature of the quest for authenticity as a project of modernity by focusing on conceptions of communication and language as its quintessential loci."—From the Introduction by Tamar Katriel

The result is a fascinating blend of analysis, narration, and history.