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The rhetoric of cool : composition studies and new media / Jeff Rice ; with a foreword by Gregory L. Ulmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rice, Jeff (Jeff R.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Rhetoric--Computer-assisted instruction.
- English language.
- English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
- Cool (The English word).
- Communication--Philosophy.
- Communication.
- Language and culture.
- Interactive multimedia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Rhetoric of Cool: Composition Studies and New Media offers a historical critique of composition studies' rebirth narrative, using that critique to propose a new rhetoric for new media work. Author Jeff Rice returns to critical moments during the rebirth of composition studies when the discipline chose not to emphasize technology, cultural studies, and visual writing, which are now fundamental to composition studies. Rice redefines these moments in order to invent a new electronic practice. The Rhetoric of Cool addresses the disciplinary claim that com
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Elementary Cool; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Story of Composition Studies and Cool; 2. Chora; 3. Appropriation; 4. Juxtaposition; 5. Commutation; 6. Nonlinearity; 7. Imagery; Notes; Works Cited and Consulted; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-8760-3
- OCLC:
- 857365280
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