The public work of rhetoric : citizen-scholars and civic engagement / edited by John M. Ackerman and David J. Coogan ; foreword by Gerard A. Hauser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ackerman, John, 1934-

Coogan, David.

Series:

Studies in rhetoric/communication.

Studies in rhetoric/communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Rhetoric.

Language and languages--Political aspects.

Language and languages.

Political oratory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through these studies and accounts, the contributors champion the notion that the public work of rhetoric is the tough labor of gaining access and trust, learning the codes and histories of communities, locating the situations in which rhetorical expertise is most effective, and in many cases jointly defining the terms for gauging social change.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Series Editor's Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Space to Work in Public Life 1

[Part 1]: Rhetoric Revealed

Should we Name the Tools? Concealing and Revealing the Art of Rhetoric

Power, Publics, and the Rhetorical Uses of Democracy

The Public Work of Critical Political Communication

Rhetorical Engagement in the Cultural Economies of Cities

Democracy and its Limitations

[Part 2]: Rhetorical Interventions

Rhetorical Engagements in the Scientist's Process of Remaking Race as Genetic

Going Public-in a Disabling Discourse

Sophists for Social Change

Knowledge Work with the Cherokee Nation: The Pedagogy of Engaging Publics in a Praxis of New Media

On Being Useful: Rhetoric and the Work of Engagement

[Part 3]: Remaking Rhetoric in Universities and Publics

Finding a Place for School in Rhetoric's Public Turn

Mediating Differences

A Place for the Dissident Press in a Rhetorical Education: "Sending up a signal flare in the darkness"

The Community Literacy Advocacy Project: Civic Revival through Rhetorical Activity in Rural Arkansas

The Prospects for the Public Work of Rhetoric: A Coda on Codes

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299241091

1299241093

9781611173048

1611173043

OCLC:

838638434