基本説明
Provides fresh perspectives on the study of rhetoric and rhetoric's ability to affect change in today's society.
Full Description
Demonstrating and showcasing theory into action, this book provides fresh perspectives on the study of rhetoric and rhetoric's ability to affect change in today's society. This collection of all original pieces challenge and expand the definitions, approaches, and assumptions governing rhetorical scholarship, inviting students to join rhetorical theorists and critics in an ongoing dialogue concerning what it means to study communication in a postmodern world.
Contents
Foreward - Patricia A. Sullivan and Steven R. GoldzwigPART 1: RHETORICS, ETHICS, and VALUESCh 1. James Baldwin's Topoi - James DarseyCh 2. Ingenium--Speaking in Community: The Case of the Prince William County Zoning Hearings on Disney's America - Katheryn M. Olson and G. Thomas GoodnightCh 3. Arguing about the Place of Values and Ethics in Market-Oriented Discourses of Today - George CheneyCh 4. Cultural Contracts Theory: Toward a Critical-Rhetorical Identity Negotiation Paradigm - Ronald L. Jackson IIPART II. RHETORICS, INSTITUTIONS, and CONTEXTSIntroductionCh 5. Remembrances of Things Past: A Postcolonial Critique of the Human Genome Diversity Project - Marouf Hasian and Emily PlecCh 6. The Life of the Party: The Keynote Address in Contemporary American Politics - John M. Murphy and Thomas R. BurkholderCh 7. Memory as Social Action: Cultural Projection and Generic Form in Civil Rights Memorials - Victoria J. GallagherCh 8. John Wayne, "The Green Berets", and the Containment Doctrine - George N. DionisopoulosPART III. RHETORICS, CULTURES and IDEOLOGIESIntroductionCh 9. Fighting Words: Labor and the Limits of Symbolic Intervention at Staley, 1993-1996 - Dana CloudCh 10. Demonizing Democracy: The Strange Career of Lani Guinier - Kate Canas and Mark McPhailCh 11. Racial Apologies - Carrie Crenshaw and Dexter GordonCh 12. Autobiography, Rhetoric, and Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes" and "Tis: A Memoir" - Patricia A. Sullivan and Steven R. GoldzwigCh 13. Response: Communities, Identities, and Politics: What Rhetoric is Becoming in the Twenty-First Century - Barry BrummettNotes on ContributorsAbout the EditorsIndex
