Children as Rhetorical Advocates in Social Movements

Luke Winslow, Eli Mangold (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

194 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-56621-4 (ISBN)

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This book examines “Rhetorical Children” as visible and vocal communicators, shaping public discourse on contentious social issues related to organized labor, civil rights, gun violence, and climate change.

This book explores four key social movement case studies: the 1903 Mother Jones-led March of the Mill Children to reform child labor laws, the 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,-led Children’s Crusade to end segregation, the 2018 Parkland student-led March for Our Lives movement to end gun violence, and the ongoing struggle for climate change mitigation led by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. Through these case studies, the book outlines three rhetorical strategies, namely children’s ability to activate adults’ moral obligation; to invoke threats to natality and lost childhood; and to disrupt social order. It enables readers to better understand rhetorical children and the rhetorical tools required for social movements.

Assessing the powerful role children play in shaping public discourse, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of Communication Studies, Rhetoric, Public Address, Social Movements, and Cultural Studies.

Luke Winslow is Associate Professor of Rhetorical Studies in the Department of Communication at Baylor University, USA. Eli Mangold earned his M.A. from San Diego State University, USA. His work has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech and Critical Studies in Media Communication.

Introduction: The Birth of Rhetorical Children 1. The Potentiality of Rhetorical Children 2. Child Labor and the March of the Mill Children 3. Civil Rights and the Children’s Crusade 4. Gun Violence and the March for Our Lives Movement 5. Climate Change and the Greta Effect 6. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	08.05.2024
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
Zusatzinfo	20 Halftones, black and white; 20 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Briefe / Präsentation / Rhetorik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-032-56621-3 / 1032566213
ISBN-13	978-1-032-56621-4 / 9781032566214
Zustand	Neuware