Prisoners of conscience : moral vernaculars of political agency / / Gerard A. Hauser

• Autore: Hauser Gerard A
• Pubblicazione: Columbia, SC, : University of South Carolina Press, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 365/.45
• Soggetto topico: Communication in politics; Conscience - Political aspects; Rhetoric - Political aspects
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Theoretical Probes on a Moral Vernacular Rhetoric of Human Rights -- 1. Reclaiming Voice -- 2. Human Rights and Human Rights Talk -- 3. Thick Moral Vernacular and Human Rights -- Part II. Case Studies in a Thick Moral Vernacular of Political Agency -- 4. Parrhesia at Robben Island: Prison Reform from the Inside -- 5. Women of the Small Zone and a Rhetoric of Indirection -- 6. Passive Aggression of Bodily Sufficiency: The H-Blocks Hunger Strike of 1981 -- 7. Display Rhetoric and the Fantasia of Demonstrative Displays: The Dissident Rhetoric of Prisoner 885/63 -- 8. Quo Vadis America: National Conscience in Framing Prisoner Bodies at Abu Ghraib -- 9. The Moral Vernacular of Political Agency -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: An examination of the discourse of political prisoners as a form of vernacular rhetoric.
• Titolo autorizzato: Prisoners of conscience
• ISBN: 1-283-57158-7; 9786613884039; 1-61117-188-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817650903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in rhetoric/communication.