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Author Rieder, Jonathan.

Title The Word of the Lord is upon me : the righteous performance of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Jonathan Rieder.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008.

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 Moore Stacks  E185.97.K5 R54 2008    Available  ---
Description x, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-382) and index.
Contents Artistry of argument -- pt. I Inside the circle of the tribe. The geometry of belonging ; Brotherhood and "brother"hood ; Backstage and blackstage ; Race men and real men ; The prophetic backstage -- pt. II Son of a (black) preacher man. Flight from the folk? ; Homilies of black liberation ; Raw and refined -- pt. III King in the mass meeting. Beloved black community ; The physics of deliverance ; The rationality of defieance ; The courage to be ; Free riders and freedom riders -- pt. IV Crossing over into beloved community. Artifice and authenticity ; Practicing what you preach ; Validating the movement ; The allure of rudeness ; Black interludes in the crossover moment.
Subject King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Oratory.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Oratory.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Language.
Other Form: Online version: Rieder, Jonathan. Word of the Lord is upon me. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)608617655
Online version: Rieder, Jonathan. Word of the Lord is upon me. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2008 (OCoLC)608623452
ISBN 9780674028227 alkaline paper
0674028228 alkaline paper