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Culturally speaking : the rhetoric of voice and identity in a mediated culture / Amanda Nell Edgar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edgar, Amanda Nell, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Intersectional rhetorics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voice--Social aspects.
- Voice.
- Sound--Social aspects.
- Sound.
- Rhetoric--Social aspects.
- Rhetoric.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects.
- Voice culture.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- x, 212 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Analyzes prominent voices in American culture--including Morgan Freeman, Tina Fey, Barack Obama, Adele, Dave Chappelle, Richard Pryor, and George Lopez--to argue that voices reflect the cultural environments in which they are formed and can be studied to add a sonic dimension to our understanding of race and gender as rhetorically situated identities"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Speaking identities
- Singing in the key of identity: Adele and the vocal intimacy of the blues
- Voicing Uncle Tom: the resonance of the south in Morgan Freeman's films
- Sounding presidential: Saturday Night Live and the politics of impersonation
- Whitevoice 2.0: online speech and comedians of color
- Conclusion: A call to listen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814214060
- 0814214061
- 0814255477
- 9780814255476
- OCLC:
- 1096292212
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