The rhetoric of cool : composition studies and new media / / Jeff Rice ; with a foreword by Gregory L. Ulmer

• Autore: Rice Jeff (Jeff R.)
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.0420285
• Soggetto topico: English language - Rhetoric - Computer-assisted instruction; English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching; Cool (The English word); Communication - Philosophy; Language and culture; Interactive multimedia
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Elementary Cool; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Story of Composition Studies and Cool; 2. Chora; 3. Appropriation; 4. Juxtaposition; 5. Commutation; 6. Nonlinearity; 7. Imagery; Notes; Works Cited and Consulted; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The Rhetoric of Cool: Composition Studies and New Media offers a historical critique of composition studies' rebirth narrative, using that critique to propose a new rhetoric for new media work. Author Jeff Rice returns to critical moments during the rebirth of composition studies when the discipline chose not to emphasize technology, cultural studies, and visual writing, which are now fundamental to composition studies. Rice redefines these moments in order to invent a new electronic practice. The Rhetoric of Cool addresses the disciplinary claim that com
• Titolo autorizzato: The rhetoric of cool
• ISBN: 0-8093-8760-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452924703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II