
Electric Rhetoric
Classical Rhetoric, Oralism, and a New Literacy
MIT Press
Published on 16. July 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-262-51947-2 (ISBN)
Description
Kathleen E. Welch explores the profound changes in writing and discourse brought about by electronic forms of communication."We are commonly not aware of the complex history of orality and literacy and of the effects of this history on the depths of human consciousness, where electronic communication is now having its deep and as yet not understood effects. Professor Welchs work can give us some of the in-depth understanding we need to be aware of where we really are."-from the foreword by Walter J. Ong.Computer screens now dominate many workplaces, and televisions are ubiquitous in our homes, waiting rooms, and many public spaces. In Electric Rhetoric, Kathleen E. Welch explores the profound changes in writing and discourse brought about by electronic forms of communication. To this end, she integrates three related strands: the redeployment of Sophistic classical rhetoric; current literacy theories within rhetoric and composition studies, including gender and race issues; and the inherently rhetorical nature of "screens" in relationship to writing and other communication technologies. Throughout the book Welch deals extensively with women's issues, which have played a particularly important role in the history of oralism. Welch's ultimate aim is to help build a movement to change, partly through critical pedagogy, the actions people take in their daily writing and speaking lives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-51947-2 (9780262519472)
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07/1999
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Senior Lecturer in Writing; Director, Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Media StudiesMIT