Rhetoric, Embodiment, and the Ethos of Surveillance - Student Bodies in the American High School (Hardcover)

Rhetoric, Embodiment, and the Ethos of Surveillance: Student Bodies in the American High School investigates the rhetorical tension between controlling student bodies and educating student minds. The book is a rhetorical analysis of the policies and procedures that govern life in contemporary American high schools; it also discusses the rhetorical effects of high-security, high-surveillance school buildings. It uncovers various metaphors that emerge from a close reading of the system, such as students' claims that "school is a prison." Jennifer Young concludes that many of the policies governing contemporary American high schools have come to rhetorically operate as a "discourse of default" that works against the highest aims of education, and she offers a method of effecting a cultural shift for going forward. Specifically, Young calls for an explicit application of intentional rhetoric to match discourse to audience and suggests that the development of empathy as a core value within the high school might be more effective in keeping students safe than the architectural and technological approaches we currently employ.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2017
Authors:	Jennifer Young
Dimensions:	240 x 157 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	158
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-5599-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4985-5599-3
Barcode:	9781498555999

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