Disability rhetoric / Jay Timothy Dolmage.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolmage, Jay.

Series:

Critical Perspectives on Disability

Critical perspectives on disability

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities.

Rhetoric--Social aspects.

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Disability Rhetoric is the first book to view rhetorical theory and history through the lens of disability studies. Traditionally, the body has been seen as, at best, a rhetorical distraction; at worst, those whose bodies do not conform to a narrow range of norms are disqualified from speaking. Yet, Dolmage argues that communication has always been obsessed with the meaning of the body and that bodily difference is always highly rhetorical. Following from this rewriting of rhetorical history, he outlines the development of a new theory, affirming the ideas that all communication is embodied, that the body plays a central role in all expression, and that greater attention to a range of bodies is therefore essential to a better understanding of rhetorical histories, theories, and possibilities.

Contents:

Disability Studies of Rhetoric

Interchapter: An Archive and Anatomy of Disability Myths

Rhetorical Histories of Disability

Imperfect Meaning

Interchapter: A Repertoire and Choreography of Disability Rhetorics

Mêtis

Eating Rhetorical Bodies

I Did It on Purpose.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815652335

081565233X

OCLC:

871210777