The SAGE handbook of rhetorical studies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Andrea A. Lunsford ; associate editors, Kirt H. Wilson, Rosa A. Eberly

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480741603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, 2009
• ISBN: 1-78268-876-5; 1-4522-1203-1; 1-4129-8279-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (713 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LunsfordAndrea A. <1942->; WilsonKirt H. <1967->; EberlyRosa A
• Disciplina: 808
• Soggetti: Rhetoric; Literature; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Historical Studies in Rhetoric; 1 - Historiography and the Study of Rhetoric; 2 - Rhetorical Archaeology; 3 - Medieval and Renaissance Rhetorical Studies of Women; 4 - Recovering, Revisioning, and Regendering the History of 18th- and 19th-Century Rhetorical Theory and Practice; 5 - Coping With Modernity; 6 - The Study of Argumentation; 7 - Rhetoric of Religion; 8 - Feminist Perspectives on the History of Rhetoric; 9 - Recent Advances in Comparative Rhetoric; PART II - Rhetoric Across the Disciplines; 10 - The Rhetoric of the Natural Sciences11 - The Rhetoric of Economics; 12 - Rhetoric in Literary Criticism and Theory; 13 - Rhetoric of Health and Medicine; 14 - Rhetoric and International Relations; 15 - The Rhetoric of Interdisciplinarity; PART III: Rhetoric and Pedagogy; 16 - Rhetoric and (?) Composition; 17 - Intercollegiate Debate and Speech Communication; 18 - The Consequences of Rhetoricand Literacy; 19 - Echoes From the Past; 20 - Civic Participation and the Undergraduate ; Curriculum; 21 - Visual Rhetoric and/as Critical Pedagogy; 22 - A Century After the Divorce; PART IV: Rhetoric and Public Discourse23 - History of Public Discourse Studies; 24 - Race, Sex, and Class in Rhetorical Criticism; 25 - Rhetoric and Critical Theory; 26 - Digital Rhetoric and Public Discourse; 27 - Arts of Address in Revolutionary America; 28 - Explosive Words and Glimmers of Hope; 29 - For the Common Good; 30 - Religious Voices in American Public Discourse; 31 - Between Touchstones and Touch Screens; 32 - Social Movement Rhetoric; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: This handbook brings together top scholars and researchers from across the disciplines who are doing work in rhetorical studies. The book addresses and explores fundamental issues and pivotal questions about the role of rhetoric in history and in today's society.