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Author Sunnemark, Fredrik.

Title Ring out freedom! : the voice of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the making of the civil rights movement / Fredrik Sunnemark.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2004]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 273 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "There must be somebody to communicate ..." -- A discourse of faith -- Western intellectualism and American ideals -- The problem of race -- Third World, Cold War, and Vietnam -- Radicalization.
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Summary Martin Luther King, Jr. was more than the civil rights movements most visible figure; he was its voice. Ring Out Freedom burrows deeply into King's rhetoric to consider not only his important influences but also how his words helped form and define the civil rights movement. The author shows how materialistic, idealistic, and religious ways of explaining the world coexisted in King's speeches and writings. He delineates the roles of God, Jesus, the church, and "the beloved community" in King's rhetoric. Examining King's use of allusions, Sunnemark points to a strategy of employing differen.
Subject King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Language.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Oratory.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Political and social views.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (OCoLC)fst00040023
Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
English language -- United States -- Discourse analysis.
English language -- United States -- Rhetoric.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- History and criticism.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
English language -- Discourse analysis. (OCoLC)fst00911107
English language -- Rhetoric. (OCoLC)fst00911581
Language and languages. (OCoLC)fst00992154
Oratory. (OCoLC)fst01047214
Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
Rhetoric -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01096959
Speeches, addresses, etc., American. (OCoLC)fst01129325
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Civil Rights Movement.
Retorica.
Verbale communicatie.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Sunnemark, Fredrik. Ring out freedom!. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2004 0253216591 0253343763 (DLC) 2003012813 (OCoLC)52464939
ISBN 0253110815 (electronic bk.)
9780253110817 (electronic bk.)
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