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  • Listening to the Logos

    Speech and the Coming of Wisdom in Ancient Greece

    by Christopher Lyle Johnstone ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    An exploration of the role of language arts in forming and expressing wisdom from Homer to AristotleIn Listening to the Logos, Christopher Lyle Johnstone provides an unprecedented comprehensive account of the relationship between speech and wisdom across almost four centuries of evolving ancient Greek thought and teachings—from the mythopoetic tradition of Homer and Hesiod to Aristotle's treatises ... Read more

    $43.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Power in Words

    The Stories behind Barack Obama's Speeches, from the State House to the White House

    by Mary Frances Berry, Josh Gottheimer ...
    Whatever his ratings, Obama remains personally popular, widely acknowledged for his soaring oratory. His words were one of the lasting legacies of his presidential campaign and are proving to be among his most effective governing weapons.In Power in Words, distinguished historian and civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry and former presidential speechwriter Josh Gottheimer introduce Obama’s ... Read more

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  • Food, Feminisms, Rhetorics

    by Kristin K. Winet, Abby L. Wilkerson, Winona Landis, Alexis M. Baker, Arlene Voski Avakian, Carrie Helms Tippen, Erin Branch, Abby M. Dubisar, Lynn Z. Bloom, Elizabeth Lowry, Sylvia A. Pamboukian, Tammie M Kennedy, Consuelo Carr Salas, Jennifer Cognard-Black, Jennifer E. Courtney, S. Morgan Gresham, Rebecca Ingalls, Sara Hillin ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetorics and Feminisms
    Inspired by the need for interpretations and critiques of the varied messages surrounding what and how we eat, Food, Feminisms, Rhetorics collects eighteen essays that demonstrate the importance of food and food-related practices as sites of scholarly study, particularly from feminist rhetorical perspectives.Contributors analyze messages about food and bodies—from what a person watches and reads ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Modern Occult Rhetoric

    Mass Media and the Drama of Secrecy in the Twentieth Century

    by Joshua Gunn ...
    Series series Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
    A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse.The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to American culture than is commonly ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Racial Worldmaking

    The Power of Popular Fiction

    by Mark C. Jerng ...
    When does racial description become racism? Critical race studies has not come up with good answers to this question because it has overemphasized the visuality of race. According to dominant theories of racial formation, we see race on bodies and persons and then link those perceptions to unjust practices of racial inequality. Racial Worldmaking argues that we do not just see race. We are taught ... Read more

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  • We Deserve the Gods We Ask for

    by Seth Brady Tucker ...
    Winner of the 2013 Gival Press Poetry Award "Whether he is speaking of (as) Wile E. Coyote metaphorically, or speaking as a man who jumped out of airplanes (not for fun) and fired and was fired upon, or when he is speaking his remarkable love poems, you know you are hearing (I'm purposefully using 'speaking' and 'hearing' instead of writing and reading) something authentic, and true."--Thomas Lux, ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning

    by Maarten A. Hajer, Robert Hoppe, Bruce Jennings ...
    Public policy is made of language. Whether in written or oral form, argument is central to all parts of the policy process. As simple as this insight appears, its implications for policy analysis and planning are profound. Drawing from recent work on language and argumentation and referring to such theorists as Wittgenstein, Habermas, Toulmin, and Foucault, these essays explore the interplay of ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Writer's Book of Memory

    An Interdisciplinary Study for Writing Teachers

    by Janine Rider ...
    Memory has long been ignored by rhetoricians because the written word has made memorization virtually obsolete. Recently however, as part of a revival of interest in classical rhetoric, scholars have begun to realize that memory offers vast possibilities for today's writers. Synthesizing research from rhetoric, psychology, philosophy, and literary and composition studies, this volume brings ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Genre And The Invention Of The Writer

    Reconsidering the Place of Invention in Composition

    by Anis Bawarshi ...
    In a focused and compelling discussion, Anis Bawarshi looks to genre theory for what it can contribute to a refined understanding of invention. In describing what he calls "the genre function," he explores what is at stake for the study and teaching of writing to imagine invention as a way that writers locate themselves, via genres, within various positions and activities. He argues, in fact, that ... Read more

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  • The Mark of Criminality

    Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-on-Crime Era

    by Bryan J. McCann ...
    Series series Rhetoric, Culture, and Social Critique
    Illustrates the ways that the “war on crime” became conjoined—aesthetically, politically, and rhetorically—with the emergence of gangsta rap as a lucrative and deeply controversial subgenre of hip-hopIn The Mark of Criminality: Rhetoric, Race, and Gangsta Rap in the War-on-Crime Era, Bryan J. McCann argues that gangsta rap should be viewed as more than a damaging reinforcement of an era’s worst ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Text and Beyond

    Essays in Literary Linguistics

    Edited by Cynthia Bernstein ...
    A groundbreaking collection that bridges linguistics and literature, offering powerful tools to uncover how language shapes meaning, identity, and power in literary texts.The Text and Beyond: Essays in Literary Linguistics, edited by Cynthia Bernstein, presents a groundbreaking collection of essays that demonstrate how linguistic tools can enrich literary analysis. The volume brings together ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Popular Memories

    Commemoration, Participatory Culture, and Democratic Citizenship

    by Ekaterina V. Haskins ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    A critical exploration of the ways public participation has transformed commemoration and civic engagement in the United StatesIn the last three decades ordinary Americans launched numerous grassroots commemorations and official historical institutions became more open to popular participation. In this first book-length study of participatory memory practices, Ekaterina V. Haskins critically ... Read more

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