Rhetoric Books

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1. The Power of Words

   Unveiling the Speaker and Writer's Hidden Craft

   By David S. Kaufer, Suguru Ishizaki, Brian S. Butler, Jeff Collins

   In 1888, Mark Twain reflected on the writer's special feel for words to his correspondent, George Bainton, noting that "the difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter." We recognize differences between a politician who is "willful" and one who is "willing"...

   Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
2. Environmental Rhetoric and Ecologies of Place

   Edited by Peter Goggin

   Series: Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication

   Understanding how rhetoric, and environmental rhetoric in particular, informs and is informed by local and global ecologies contributes to our conversations about sustainability and resilience — the preservation and conservation of the earth and the future of human society. This book explores some...

   Published June 15th 2013 by Routledge
3. Communicating Environmental Patriotism

   A Rhetorical History of the American Environmental Movement

   By Anne Marie Todd

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies

   Environmental patriotism, the belief that the national environment defines a country’s greatness, is a significant strand in twentieth century American environmentalism. This book is the first to explore the history of environmental patriotism in America through the intriguing stories of...

   Published June 6th 2013 by Routledge
4. 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 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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