
The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 23. April 2010
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-1-4051-7813-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address is a state-of-the-art companion to the field that showcases both the historical traditions and the future possibilities for public address scholarship in the twenty-first century.
* Focuses on public address as both a subject matter and a critical perspective
* Mindful of the connections between the study of public address and the history of ideas
* Provides an historical overview of public address research and pedagogy, as well as a reassessment of contemporary public address scholarship by those most engaged in its practice
* Includes in-depth discussions of basic issues and controversies public address scholarship
* Explores the relationship between the study of public address and contemporary issues of civic engagement and democratic citizenship
* Reflects the diversity of views among public address scholars, advancing on-going discussions and debates over the goals and character of rhetorical scholarship
Reviews / Votes
"On the whole, an indispensable volume for those interested in the history and future of the field. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 May 2011)More details
Product info
gebunden
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
1121 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-7813-6 (9781405178136)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Shawn J. Parry-Giles | J. Michael Hogan
The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address
E-Book
03/2010
Wiley
€40.99
Available for download
Persons
Shawn J. Parry-Giles is Professor of Communication and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Maryland. She is also the Director of the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership, and the author of The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955 (2001), and co-author of Constructing Clinton: Hyper-Reality and Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics (2002).
J. Michael Hogan is Professor of Communication at Penn State University. He is the author of many books, including The Panama Canal in American Politics (1986), The Nuclear Freeze Campaign (1994), and Woodrow Wilson's Western Tour (2006), along with two edited books, Rhetoric and Community (1998), and Rhetoric and Reform in the Progressive Era (2003).
Editor
University of Maryland, USA
Pennsylvania State University, USA
Content
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: The Study of Rhetoric and Public Address.
Part I: The History and Prospects of Rhetoric and Public Address.
Part II: Basic Research in Rhetoric and Public Address.
Part III: Text and Context in Rhetoric and Public Address.
Part IV: Questions of Effect in Rhetoric and Public Address.
Part V: The Politics of Rhetoric and Public Address.
Select Bibliography.
Index.