Disability Rhetoric - Rilegato

Dolmage, Jay Timothy

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ISBN 10: 0815633246 ISBN 13: 9780815633242

Casa editrice: Syracuse Univ Pr, 2014

Riassunto

Disability Rhetoric is the first book to view rhetorical theory and history through the lens of disability studies. Traditionally, the body has been seen as, at best, a rhetorical distraction; at worst, those whose bodies do not conform to a narrow range of norms are disqualified from speaking. Yet, Dolmage argues that communication has always been obsessed with the meaning of the body and that bodily difference is always highly rhetorical. Following from this rewriting of rhetorical history, he outlines the development of a new theory, affirming the ideas that all communication is embodied, that the body plays a central role in all expression, and that greater attention to a range of bodies is therefore essential to a better understanding of rhetorical histories, theories, and possibilities.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Jay Timothy Dolmage is associate professor of English at the University of Waterloo. He is the founding editor of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Syracuse Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0815633246
• ISBN 13: 9780815633242
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 349
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile