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- Disability Rhetoric
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
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.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-viii
- Illustrations
- pp. xi-xiv
- Disability Studies of Rhetoric
- pp. 19-30
- Rhetorical Histories of Disability
- pp. 63-92
- Imperfect Meaning
- pp. 93-124
- Eating Rhetorical Bodies
- pp. 193-224
- “I Did It on Purpose”
- pp. 225-287
- Prosthesis
- pp. 288-294
- Bibliography
- pp. 295-326
- Back Cover
- p. BC
Additional Information
ISBN
9780815652335
Related ISBN(s)
9780815634454
MARC Record
OCLC
871210777
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2014-03-10
Language
English
Open Access
No