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Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Specific skills > Speaking / pronunciation skills > Public speaking / elocution
Although US history is marred by institutionalized racism and
sexism, postracial and postfeminist attitudes drive our polarized
politics. Violence against people of color, transgendered and gay
people, and women soar upon the backdrop of Donald Trump, Tea Party
affiliates, alt-right members like Richard Spencer, and right-wing
political commentators like Milo Yiannopoulos who defend their
racist and sexist commentary through legalistic claims of freedom
of speech. While more institutions recognize the volatility of
these white men's speech, few notice or have thoughtfully
considered the role of white nationalist, alt-right, and
conservative white women's messages that organizationally preserve
white supremacy. In Rebirthing a Nation: White Women, Identity
Politics, and the Internet, author Wendy K. Z. Anderson details how
white nationalist and alt-right women refine racist rhetoric and
web design as a means of protection and simultaneous instantiation
of white supremacy, which conservative political actors including
Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Huckabee
Sanders, and Ivanka Trump have amplified through transnational
politics. By validating racial fears and political divisiveness
through coded white identity politics, postfeminist and motherhood
discourse functions as a colorblind, gilded cage. Rebirthing a
Nation reveals how white nationalist women utilize colorblind
racism within digital space, exposing how a postfeminist framework
becomes fodder for conservative white women's political speech to
preserve institutional white supremacy.
Featuring a balance of practical advice and sound instruction,
Speechwriting: A Rhetorical Guide provides readers with essential
knowledge to prepare and deliver well-constructed and
well-researched speeches appropriate for a variety of contexts. The
first part of the book discusses traditional rhetorical theory in a
way that is direct and easy for students to understand. The
chapters cover such topics as audience and the rhetorical canons of
invention, elocution or style, disposition or organization,
delivery, and memory. Chapters in the second part then apply the
rhetorical principles to four different types of speeches:
inaugural addresses, commencement addresses, a variety of
persuasive speeches, and a number of ceremonial ones. The text
includes excerpts from actual speeches, illustrative speechwriting
samples with commentary from a prospective speech writer, and a set
of exercises that encourage readers to think about how the sample
speech might be improved upon or modified if they were the one
writing it. Speechwriting connects rhetorical theory to modern
situations and settings to emphasize real-world application. The
text is an exemplary resource for courses in speech and writing as
found in departments of communication studies, English and
composition, political science, education, and any other discipline
in which people are frequently asked to speak or address an
audience.
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