Rhetoric, the polis, and the global village: selected papers from the 1998 Thirtieth Anniversary Rhetoric Society of America Conference

478 Pages·1999·1.23 MB·English

by  Rhetoric Society of America. Conference

Rhetoric, the Polis, and the Global Village :
Selected Papers From the 1998 Thirtieth
title:
Anniversary Rhetoric Society of America
Conference
author: Swearingen, C. Jan.
publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0805832947
print isbn13: 9780805832945
ebook isbn13: 9780585189772
language: English
subject Rhetoric--Congresses.
publication date: 1999
lcc: P301.R4714 1998eb
ddc: 808
subject: Rhetoric--Congresses.
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Por los desaparecidos y las desaparecidas
. . . for the disappeared and disappearing voices of the past
and present, in affirmation of our commitment to them. The
presence of their words among us amplifies the prospects of
rhetoric, and fosters an understanding of what future rhetorics
and our study of themmay be able to accomplish.
''I observe that you do not hear with equal favor the speakers who address
you, but that, while you give your attention to some, in the case of others you
do not even suffer their voice to be heard. And it is not surprising that you do
this; for in the past you have formed the habit of driving all the orators from
the platform except those who support your desires . . ."
Isocrates, On the Peace
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The Rhetoric Society of AmericaOrganized in 1968 for the
advancement of the study of rhetoric, ''The purpose of this Society
shall be to gather from all relevant fields of study, and to disseminate
among its members, current knowledge of rhetoric, broadly construed;
to identify new areas within the subject of rhetoric in which research
is especially needed, and to stimulate such research; to encourage
experimentation in the teaching of rhetoric; to facilitate professional
cooperation among its members; to organize meetings at which
members may exchange findings and ideas; and to sponsor the
publication of newsletters and reports concerning all aspects of
rhetoric."
RSA Constitution
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Rhetoric, the Polis, and the Global Village
Selected Papers from the 1998 Thirtieth Anniversary
Rhetoric Society of America Conference
Editor
C. Jan Swearingen
Texas A&M University
Associate Editor
Dave Pruett
Texas A &M University
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rhetoric Society of America. Conference (30th: 1998: Carnegie
Mellon University)
Rhetoric, the polis, and the global village: selected papers from
the 1998 Thirtieth Anniversary Rhetoric Society of America
Conference / edited by C. Jan Swearingen : associate editor, Dave Pruett.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8058-3294-7 (hb : alk. Paper) . -- ISBN 0-8058-3295-
5 (pb: alk. Paper)
I. RhetoricCongresses. I. Swearingen, C. Jan. II. Pruett,
Dave. III. Title.
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CONTENTS
Preface ix
Introductions 1
Rhetoric, the Polis, and the Global Village: Now and Then 3
C. Jan Swearingen
Inclusive Rhetorics and Lost Voices 9
Shirley Wilson Logan
Race and Rhetoric: An Unlikely Tandem? 11
Kermit E. Campbell
Latina and Latino Rhetorical Issues 15
Jaime Armin Mejia
Redefining an 800-Pound Godzilla 19
Jacqueline Lambiase
Cybercommunities and McLuhan: A Retrospect 23
Collin Gifford Brooke
Seven Ways of Looking at Religion and Rhetoric 27
Grant Boswell
Rhetoric, Religion, and Social Practices 31
Cheryl Glenn
Keynote Address 37
Sarah's Story: Making a Place for Historical Ethnography 39
in Rhetorical Studies
Jacqueline Jones Royster

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Selections from the Charles Kneupper Memorial Lecture 53
Rhetoric and Culture/Rhetoric and Technology 55
George A. Kennedy
I. Classical Roots 63
Pity and the Polis 65
Shawn Smith
The Global Village, Multiculturalism, and the Functions 75
of Sophistic Rhetoric
Bruce McComiskey
Orality, Literacy, and Isocrates' Political Aesthetics 83
Ekaterina Haskins
Pudentilla's Anger: The Indirect Discourse of a Roman 93
Matron
Margaret Imber
Advertising as Epideictic Rhetoric 103
Stephen McKenna
II. Rhetorics of Culture/Recovering Rhetorical Cultures 111
Unstifling the Rhetorical Impulse 113
Style and Invention in Thomas De Quincey's Rhetoric
Lois Agnew
Performing Conversion: Washingtonian (In)Temperance 121
Rhetorics
Jill Swiencicki
Brave New World: How Alexander Bain's Educational 129
Reforms Addressed Student Needs During the Industrial
Age
Shelley Aley