Rhetoric Books

New and Published Books

1. The Relationship between Rhetoric and Terrorist Violence

   Edited by Allison Smith

   Studies have demonstrated that choices in the use of language convey information that goes beyond the content of the words themselves. In many cases, how something is said matters as much as what is said. Using techniques collectively referred to as linguistic content analysis, researchers have...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. Multimodality and Social Semiosis

   Communication, Meaning-Making, and Learning in the Work of Gunther Kress

   Edited by Margit Böck, Norbert Pachler

   Series: Routledge Studies in Multimodality

   Gunther Kress, one of the founders of social semiotics and multimodality, has made lasting contributions to these fields through his work in semiotics and meaning-making; power and identity; agency, design, production; and pedagogy and learning; in varied sites of transformation. This book brings...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
3. Rhetoric, History, and Women's Oratorical Education

   American Women Learn to Speak

   Edited by David Gold, Catherine L. Hobbs

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   Historians of rhetoric have long worked to recover women's education in reading and writing, but have only recently begun to explore women's speaking practices, from the parlor to the platform to the varied types of institutions where women learned elocutionary and oratorical skills in preparation...

   Published April 10th 2013 by Routledge
4. Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games

   Analyzing Words, Design, and Play

   By Christopher A. Paul

   Series: Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture

   In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
5. Rhetoric and Discourse in Supreme Court Oral Arguments

   Sensemaking in Judicial Decisions

   By Ryan Malphurs

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   While legal scholars, psychologists, and political scientists commonly voice their skepticism over the influence oral arguments have on the Court’s voting pattern, this book offers a contrarian position focused on close scrutiny of the justices’ communication within oral arguments. Malphurs...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
6. The Rhetoric of Intellectual Property

   Copyright Law and the Regulation of Digital Culture

   By Jessica Reyman

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   In recent years we have witnessed a rising tension between the open architecture of the Internet and legal restrictions for online activities. The impact of digital recording technologies and distributed file sharing systems has forever changed the expectations of everyday users with regard to...

   Published November 12th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Routledge Reader in Rhetorical Criticism

   Edited by Brian Ott, Greg Dickinson

   Bringing together 50 key readings on rhetorical criticism in a single accessible format, The Rhetorical Criticism Reader furnishes instructors with an ideal resource for teaching and practicing the art of rhetorical criticism. Unlike existing readers and textbooks, which rely on cookie-cutter...

   Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Classical Rhetoric and Modern Public Relations

   An Isocratean Model

   By Charles Marsh

   Series: Routledge Research in Public Relations

   This book expands the theoretical foundations of modern public relations, a growing young profession that lacked even a name until the twentieth century. As the discipline seeks guiding theories and paradigms, rhetorics both ancient and modern have proven to be fruitful fields of exploration....

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
9. Neurorhetorics

   Edited by Jordynn Jack

   Series: Rhetoric Society Quarterly

   In academia, as well as in popular culture, the prefix "neuro-" now occurs with startling frequency. Scholars now publish research in the fields of neuroeconomics, neurophilosophy, neuromarketing, neuropolitics, and neuroeducation. Consumers are targeted with enhanced products and services, such as...

   Published September 30th 2012 by Routledge
10. The Pragmatics of Literary Testimony

    Authenticity Effects in German Social Autobiographies

    By Chantelle Warner

    Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Stylistics

    In this book, Warner examines a number of German-language literary autobiographies that are connected to diverse social movements of the last forty years. These books have all received critical attention from the popular press, topped bestseller lists, and have been pivotal in discussions of...

    Published August 7th 2012 by Routledge