LibGuides: COM 408: Rhetorical Criticism (Bloomfield): Rhetorical Criticism Resources (2024)

Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary by Thomas W. Benson (Editor

ISBN: 9780809334070

Publication Date: 2015-04-27

Not afraid to tackle provocative topics in American culture, from gun violence and labor policies to terrorism and health care, Michael Moore has earned both applause and invective in his career as a documentarian.

Disability Rhetoric by Jay Timothy Dolmage

ISBN: 9780815633242

Publication Date: 2014-01-22

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.

Words Like Daggers by Kirilka Stavreva

ISBN: 9780803286597

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Dramatic and documentary narratives about aggressive and garrulous women often cast such women as reckless and ultimately unsuccessful usurpers of cultural authority. Contending narratives, however, sometimes within the same texts, point to the effective subversion and undoing of the normative restrictions of social and gender hierarchies.

The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations by Justin S. Vaughn; Jennifer R. Mercieca

ISBN: 9781623491215

Publication Date: 2014-03-01

Campaign rhetoric helps candidates to get elected, but its effects last well beyond the counting of the ballots; this was perhaps never truer than in Barack ObamaOCOs 2008 campaign.

In the Name of Terrorism by Carol K. Winkler

ISBN: 0791466175

Publication Date: 2005-10-27

Traces the shifts in presidential discourse on terrorism since World War II.

The Reinvention of Populist Rhetoric in the Digital Age by Mark Rolfe

ISBN: 9789811021602

Publication Date: 2016-12-05

This highly original work considers the rhetoric of political actors and commentators who identify digital media as the means to a new era of politics and democracy.

The Pop Festival by George McKay

ISBN: 9781623568207

Publication Date: 2015-05-21

Woodstock is only the tip of the iceberg. Popular music festivals are one of the strikingly successful and enduring features of seasonal popular cultural consumption for young people and older generations of enthusiasts.

Countercultures and Popular Music by Sheila Whiteley; Jedediah Sklower

ISBN: 1317158911

Publication Date: 2016-05-13

'Counterculture' emerged as a term in the late 1960s and has been re-deployed in more recent decades in relation to other forms of cultural and socio-political phenomena. This volume provides an essential new academic scrutiny of the concept of 'counterculture' and a critical examination of the period and its heritage.

Extreme Cinema by Mattias Frey

ISBN: 9780813576527

Publication Date: 2016-03-15

Received an Honorable Mention for the 2017 British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Best Monograph Award From Shortbus to Shame and from Oldboy to Irreversible, film festival premieres regularly make international headlines for their shockingly graphic depictions of sex and violence.

On Becoming Neighbors by Alexandra Klaren

ISBN: 9780822945901

Publication Date: 2019-10-29

Fred Rogers is an American cultural and media icon, whose children's television program, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, ran for more than thirty years (1967-2001) on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). In this highly original book, Alexandra C. Klarén shows how Rogers captured the moral, social, and emotional imaginations of multiple generations of Americans. She explores the nuanced complexity of the thought behind the man and the program, the dialogical integration of his various influences, and the intentional ethic of care behind the creation of a program that spoke to the affective, socio-cultural, and educational needs of children (and adults) during a period of cultural upheaval. Richly informed by newly available archival materials, On Becoming Neighbors chronicles the evolution of Rogers' thought on television, children, pedagogy, and the family through a rhetorical, cultural, and ethical lens. Klarén probes how Rogers creates the conditions for dialogue in which participants explore possibilities and questions relating to the social and material world.

The Daily Show and Rhetoric by Trischa Goodnow Knapp

ISBN: 0739150049

Publication Date: 2011-02-01

The Daily Show and Rhetoric: Arguments, Issues, and Strategies examines the popular Comedy Central program from a rhetorical perspective to uncover the ways in which Jon Stewart, the cast, and writers critique mainstream media and politicians. This volume analyzes the nature of The Daily Show, the arguments the program makes about the media and politics, the strategies that are used, and some of the particular issues about which the program makes arguments. Overall, the contributors skillfully demonstrate that The Daily Show is more than just a show designed to make the audience laugh. Rather, the show provides useful information and arguments so that the audience can make informed decisions about the world around them.