Identity and Power in Narratives of Displ...
11,772円 In this book, Powell examines the ways that identities are constructed in displacement narratives based on cases of eminent domain, natural disaster, and civil unrest, attending specifically to the rhetorical strategies employed as barriers and boundaries intersect with individual lives. She prov...
Reagan at Westminster
1,840円 President Ronald Reagan’s famous address to the Houses of Parliament is now consideredーin its spirit if not in its actual wordsーto be the initial enunciation of his “Evil Empire” stance. In this important volume by two experienced rhetorical scholars, Robert C. Rowland and John M. Jones offer a...
The Great Silent Majority
1,819円 In his televised and widely watched speech to the nation on November 3, 1969, Pres. Richard M. Nixon introduced a phraseー“silent majority”ーand a policyーVietnamization of the war effortーthat echo down to the present day. Nixon’s appearance on this night framed the terms in which much of the su...
Facing It
2,834円 Blending memoir, cultural history, and a literary perspective, Facing It bears witness to controversies like Tellico and Chernobyl, global warming and local drought. But rather than merely drowning readers in waves of ecological angst, M. Jimmie Killingsworth seeks alternative images and episodes...
Language in Indian Philosophy and Religion
5,040円 The papers published in this volume were originally read and discussed at a three day seminar sponsored by the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion/Societie Canadienne des Sciences Religieuses at Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, May 28th to 30th, 1976. This seminar served the importan...
Rhetorics and Technologies
5,305円 Discursive essays that illuminate the interplay between technological innovation and communication Recognizing an increasingly technological context for rhetorical activity, the thirteen contributors to this volume illuminate the challenges and opportunities inherent in successfully navigating in...
The Public Work of Rhetoric
5,305円 Compelling case studies and criticism of rhetorical practices aimed at social change The Public Work of Rhetoric presents the art of rhetorical techné as a contemporary praxis for civic engagement and social change, which is necessarily inclusive of people inside and outside the academy. In this ...
Modern Drama and the Rhetoric of Theater
5,300円 The history of drama is typically viewed as a series of inert "styles." Tracing British and American stage drama from the 1880s onward, W. B. Worthen instead sees drama as the interplay of text, stage production, and audience. How are audiences manipulated? What makes drama meaningful? Worthen id...
Professional Writing in Context
6,632円 This volume explores adult work-world writing issues from the perspectives of five seasoned professionals who have logged hundreds of hours working with adults on complicated written communication problems. It examines the gap between school-world instructional practices and real-world problems a...
Rhetoric and the Arts of Design
11,109円 The design arts -- from the design of buildings and machines to software and interfaces -- are associated with types of knowledge and performance thought to be structured, modular, and systematic. Such arts have become increasingly prestigious in our technocratic society. Since Aristotle, the art...
Making and Unmaking the Prospects for Rhe...
9,285円 The 1996 Meeting of the Rhetoric Society of America commemorated the 25th anniversary of the publication of Lloyd Bitzer and Edwin Black's The Prospect of Rhetoric. In so doing, the conference gave scholars and teachers in various disciplines from all over the country the opportunity to talk abou...
Controversies Over the Imitation of Cicer...
9,616円 Though the term Ciceronianism could be applied to Cicero's influence and teaching in the field of politics, philosophy, or rhetoric, it is limited in the present study to the technical department of rhetoric. In addition, it represents the trend of literary opinion in regard to accepting Cicero a...
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