Disability Rhetoric

Jay Timothy Dolmage (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2016
Syracuse University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8156-3445-4 (ISBN)

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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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	03.03.2016
Reihe/Serie	Critical Perspectives on Disability
Zusatzinfo	13 black & white illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 229 mm
Gewicht	514 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8156-3445-5 / 0815634455
ISBN-13	978-0-8156-3445-4 / 9780815634454
Zustand	Neuware