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Record Nr.

UNINA9910135397503321

Autore

Uhr John

Titolo

Studies in Australian political rhetoric / / edited by John Uhr and Ryan Walter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2014

Canberra, ACT : , : ANU E Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-925021-87-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 248 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

320.014

Soggetti

Communication in politics - Australia

Politics and literature - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This edited collection includes eleven major case studies and one general review of rhetorical contest in Australian politics. The volume showcases the variety of methods available for studying political speech, including historical, theoretical, institutional, and linguistic analyses, and demonstrates the centrality of language use to democratic politics. The chapters reveal errors in rhetorical strategy, the multiple and unstable standards for public speech in Australia, and the links between rhetoric and action. The length of Australian political speech is traversed, from pre-Federation to the Gillard minority government (2010–13), and the topics similarly range from Alfred Deakin’s nation building to Kevin Rudd’s Apology to the Stolen Generations. This fresh collection is intended to stimulate and advance the study of political rhetoric in Australia.