| Description |
1 online resource (368 pages) |
| Series |
Critical perspectives on disability |
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Critical perspectives on disability.
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| 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 |
| 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.--Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
People with disabilities.
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Rhetoric -- Social aspects
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Semantics.
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Disabled Persons
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Social Marginalization
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Semantics
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Body Image -- psychology
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Identity Crisis
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handicapped.
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physically handicapped.
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semantics.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Semantics
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People with disabilities
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Rhetoric -- Social aspects
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Personer med funktionsnedsättning.
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Retorik -- sociala aspekter.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780815652335 |
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081565233X |
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