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Rhetoric and Community - Studies in Unity and Fragmentation (Paperback)
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Rhetoric and Community - Studies in Unity and Fragmentation (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Rhetoric/Communication
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In Rhetoric and Community, seventeen contributors explore an area
of growing scholarly interest-how rhetoric defines, rallies,
polarizes, and marginalizes specific communities. The contributors
consider such contentious issues as how individuals are forged into
communities, what sustains constructive communities, how
communities become fragmented, and what leads to divisions of race,
class, and gender, the rhetoric of hatred and violence, or failures
of public discussion to resolve common problems. The volume creates
its own dialogue through seven case studies, each including an
interpretive essay and response. The studies range from historical
investigations of feminist and African American communities, to
commentaries on military decision making and the rhetoric of war,
to reflections on contemporary artistic and scientific communities.
Unified by their common interest in discourse and community, all
revolve around the same essential questions: How do communities
define themselves rhetorically? How do they construct and promote
their distinctive worldviews? How do they position themselves in
relation to other communities and to society at large? How does
rhetoric promote unity or fragmentation? The answers that emerge
are as varied as the subjects considered. All the essays contribute
new understandings of how rhetoric not only reflects but also
shapes the character of specific communities and their place in
society.
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