In this text, scholars in rhetoric and communication, as well as literary and cultural studies, address such issues as the significance of the physical, material body in a world of virtual reality and genetic cloning, and the choices revolving around reproduction and genome projects.
In this text, scholars in rhetoric and communication, as well as literary and cultural studies, address such issues as the significance of the physica...
Toward a Civil Discourse examines how, in the current political climate, Americans find it difficult to discuss civic issues frankly and openly with one another. Because America is dominated by two powerful discourses--liberalism and Christian fundamentalism, each of which paints a very different picture of America and its citizens' responsibilities toward their country-there is little common ground, and hence Americans avoid disagreement for fear of giving offence.
Sharon Crowley considers the ancient art of rhetoric as a solution to the problems of repetition and...
Toward a Civil Discourse examines how, in the current political climate, Americans find it difficult to discuss civic issues frankly and ope...
In this first sustained critique of current-traditional rhetorical theory, Sharon Crowley uses a postmodern, deconstructive reading to reexamine the historical development of current-traditional rhetoric. She identifies it (as well as the British new rhetoric from which it developed) as a philosophy of language use that posits universal principles of mind and discourse. Crowley argues that these philosophies are not appropriate bases for the construction of rhetorical theories, much less guides for the teaching of composition. She explains that current-traditional rhetoric is not a...
In this first sustained critique of current-traditional rhetorical theory, Sharon Crowley uses a postmodern, deconstructive reading to reexamine th...
