Rhetoric category: 666 books
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Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
To a degree unknown in practically any other discipline, the pedagogical space afforded composition is the institutional engine that makes possible all other theoretical and research efforts in the field of rhetoric and writing. But composition has recently come under attack from many within the field...
Writing and Reading Mental Health Records
Issues and Analysis in Professional Writing and Scientific Rhetoric
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
This revised and updated second edition is a rhetorical analysis of written communication in the mental health community. As such, it contributes to the growing body of research being done in rhetoric and composition studies on the nature of writing and reading in highly specialized professional discourse...
Communicating Terror
The Rhetorical Dimensions of Terrorism
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
The only book to examine terrorism as a rhetorical act
*"This is an excellent text in furthering our understanding of the web of language and how it creates our mediated realities – which reflect our culture, politics, religion, economics, etc. Students really like the case studies and...
Rhetoric and Communication Perspectives on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Policy and Protocol Through Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
This book brings rhetorical, legal, and professional communication perspectives to the discourse surrounding policy-making efforts within the United States around two types of violent crimes against women: domestic violence and sexual assault. The authors propose that such analysis adds to our understanding...
by Marshall Myers
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Lincoln’s letters have been cited in countless biographical and critical works yet have received little scholarly attention as a whole. This comprehensive study reveals his letters to be fundamental to understanding his development as a writer. Early on, he employed Hugh Blair’s popular idea of...
Distant Publics
Development Rhetoric and the Subject of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2012
Urban sprawl is omnipresent in America and has left many citizens questioning their ability to stop it. In Distant Publics, Jenny Rice examines patterns of public discourse that have evolved in response to development in urban and suburban environments. Centering her study on Austin, Texas, Rice finds...
Survivance, Sovereignty, and Story
Teaching American Indian Rhetorics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Focusing on the importance of discussions about sovereignty and of the diversity of Native American communities, Survivance, Sovereignty, and Story offers a variety of ways to teach and write about indigenous North American rhetorics.
These essays introduce indigenous rhetorics, framing both...
by Patricia Roberts-Miller
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
In a culture of profit-driven media, demagoguery is a savvy short-term rhetorical strategy. Once it becomes the norm, individuals are more likely to employ it and, in that way, increase its power by making it seem the only way of disagreeing with or about others. When that happens, arguments about...
F.C.S. Schiller and the Dawn of Pragmatism
The Rhetoric of a Philosophical Rebel
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
The intellectual history of pragmatism traditionally posits that its origins are found in the works of C. S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. What if that story is only partially true? Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, the foremost first generation British pragmatist, was one of the most vocal...
by Vorris L. Nunley
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Examines the barbershop as a rhetorical site in African American culture across genres, including fiction, film, poetry, and theater.
Play/Write
Digital Rhetoric, Writing Games
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
lay/Write: Digital Rhetoric, Writing, Games is an edited collection of essays that examines the relationship between games and writing – examining how writing functions both within games and the networks of activity that surround games and gameplay. The collection is organized based on the primary...
by Cheryl Glenn
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
Rhetoric and feminism have yet to coalesce into a singular recognizable field. In this book, author Cheryl Glenn advances the feminist rhetorical project by introducing a new theory of rhetorical feminism. Clarifying how feminist rhetorical practices have given rise to this innovative approach, Rhetorical...
Sign of Pathology
U.S. Medical Rhetoric on Abortion, 1800s–1960s
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
Much of the political polarization that grips the United States is rooted in the so-called culture wars, and no topic defines this conflict better than the often contentious and sometimes violent debate over abortion rights. In Sign of Pathology, Nathan Stormer reframes our understanding of this conflict...
by W. B. Worthen
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2015
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?...