Consolatory Rhetoric

Grief, Symbol, and Ritual in the Greco-Roman Era

Donovan J. Ochs (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

130 Seiten

1993
University of South Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-87249-885-3 (ISBN)

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Consolatory Rhetoric explores Greco-Roman funeral rituals to reveal how opposing symbols functioned rhetorically to comfort communities afflicted by the death of one of their members.

Consolatory Rhetoric explores Greco-Roman funeral rites to reveal how opposing symbols functioned rhetorically to comfort ancient communities. While the bulk of rhetorical criticism interprets written texts, Donovan Ochs broadens the traditional focus to consider non-verbal symbols as well as action and object languages. Ochs demonstrates that non-discursive dimensions of Greco-Roman burial rites held a place of particular persuasive significance in consoling the populace, and he attributes funeral customs practiced in contemporary Western civilization to the legacy of the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Donovan J. Ochs is professor of rhetoric and communication studies at the University of Iowa. He is co-author of A Brief Introduction to Speech and The Rhetoric of Agitation and Control as well as co-editor of Explorations in Rhetoric: Studies in Honor of Douglas Ehninger.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.1993
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Rhetoric/Communication
Verlagsort	South Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	372 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-87249-885-9 / 0872498859
ISBN-13	978-0-87249-885-3 / 9780872498853
Zustand	Neuware