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Towards a Rhetoric of Everyday Life: New Directions in Research on Writing, Text, and Discourse (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)
P. Martin Nystrand
John Duffy
Paperback. University of Wisconsin Press 2003-06.
ISBN 9780299181741
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Rhetoric has traditionally studied acts of persuasion in the affairs of
government and men, but this book investigates the language of other,
nontraditional rhetors, including immigrants, women, urban children, and others
who have long been on the margins of civic life and political forums. Rhetoric
here refers not to the classical arts of persuasion or the verbal ornamentation
of elite discourse, but rather to the ways that individuals and groups use
language and writing to constitute their identities and their social worlds.
The contributors, including some of the most productive scholars in research on
rhetoric and composition studies, collectively explore the rhetorical character
of popular culture and institutional discourse. This volume will appeal to
researchers and teachers of writing, rhetoric, literacy, and education. Rhetoric has traditionally studied acts of persuasion in the affairs of
government and men, but this work investigates the language of other,
non-traditional rhetors, including immigrants, women, urban children and others
who have long been on the margins of civic life and political forums.
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