The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address
Published on 10. March 2010
496 pages
978-1-4443-2411-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address is astate-of-the-art companion to the field that showcases both thehistorical traditions and the future possibilities for publicaddress scholarship in the twenty-first century.
* Focuses on public address as both a subject matter and acritical perspective
* Mindful of the connections between the study of public addressand the history of ideas
* Provides an historical overview of public address research andpedagogy, as well as a reassessment of contemporary public addressscholarship by those most engaged in its practice
* Includes in-depth discussions of basic issues and controversiespublic address scholarship
* Explores the relationship between the study of public addressand contemporary issues of civic engagement and democraticcitizenship
* Reflects the diversity of views among public address scholars,advancing on-going discussions and debates over the goals andcharacter of rhetorical scholarship
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"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)"This excellent volume explores theoretical and criticalperspectives that inform the study of public address, engagingsignificant issues of contemporary scholarship. Its contribution tothe study of rhetoric as a force in history and as a tool ofdemocratic deliberation is enormous." James R. Andrews,Professor Emeritus Communication & Culture, American Studies,Indiana University "'Oratory still matters in US politics,' the editorsproclaim on page 1, and then they present a timely andcomprehensive set of essays by distinguishedauthors showing us why and how it alwayshas. This volume is required reading for scholars andstudents of US public address." Vanessa Beasley, VanderbiltUniversity "This is a timely and important book. The work ofexceptional scholars at once embodies the finest traditions in thetheory and criticism of public discourse, and points readers ininnovative directions for productive research in the twenty-firstcentury. The volume combines case studies, explorations in theoryand method, and exemplary archival research in a fashion certain tobe of value to scholars at every level." DavidHenry, University of Nevada at Las Vegas "Parry-Giles and Hogan have given us a gift. Their edited volume contains insightful, timely analysis from someof the best minds in the discipline on where public addressscholarship has been, where it is, and where it might begoing. The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address pushesscholars to reflect on important theoretical, political, andmethodological issues while it simultaneously underscores thecontinuing relevance of rhetoric and its study to civiceducation. All in all, this volume is a splendidcontribution." Denise M. Bostdorff, The College ofWoosterMore details
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Shawn J. Parry-Giles is Professor of Communication andDirector of Graduate Studies at the University of Maryland. She is also the Director of the Center for Political Communicationand Civic Leadership, and the author of The RhetoricalPresidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955 (2001), andco-author of Constructing Clinton: Hyper-Reality andPresidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics (2002).
J. Michael Hogan is Professor of Communication at PennState University. He is the author of many books, including ThePanama Canal in American Politics (1986), The Nuclear FreezeCampaign (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).
Content
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: The Study of Rhetoric and Public Address (ShawnJ. Parry-Giles and J. Michael Hogan).
Part I The History and Prospects of Rhetoric and PublicAddress.
1 The History of Public Address as an Academic Study (MartinJ. Medhurst).
2 Public Address Scholarship in the New Century: Achievementsand Challenges (David Zarefsky).
3 Rhetorical Criticism 2009: A Study in Method (Karlyn KohrsCampbell).
Part II Basic Research in Rhetoric and PublicAddress.
4 Textual Recovery, Textual Discovery: Returning to Our Past,Imagining Our Future (Davis W. Houck).
5 The Processes and Challenges of Textual Authentication(Robert N. Gaines).
6 Archival Research and the American Presidency: The Politicaland Rhetorical Complexities of Presidential Records (Shawn J.Parry-Giles).
7 From Recovering Women's Words to Documenting GenderConstructs: Archival Research in the Twenty-First Century (SusanZaeske and Sarah Jedd).
Part III Text and Context in Rhetoric and PublicAddress.
8 The Racial Contexts of Public Address: Interpreting ViolenceDuring the Reconstruction Era (Kirt H. Wilson).
9 Lilies and Lavatory Paper: The Public and the Private inBritish Suffrage Archives (Cheryl R. Jorgensen-Earp).
10 Studying Visual Modes of Public Address: Lewis Hine'sProgressive-Era Child Labor Rhetoric (Cara A. Finnegan).
11 Theory and Public Address: The Allusive Mr. Bush (John M.Murphy).
Part IV Questions of Effect in Rhetoric and PublicAddress.
12 Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and Instrumental Effects ofPresidential Rhetoric (Mary E. Stuckey).
13 Analyzing Constitutive Rhetorics: The Virginia and KentuckyResolutions and the "Principles of'98" (James Jasinski and Jennifer R.Mercieca).
Part V The Politics of Rhetoric and Public Address.
14 Feminism and Public Address Research: Television News and theConstitution of Women's Liberation (Bonnie J.Dow).
15 The Problem of Race in Public Address Research: W. E. B. DuBois and the Confl icted Aesthetics of Race (Eric KingWatts).
16 Sexuality and Public Address: Rhetorical Pasts, Queer Theory,and Abraham Lincoln (Charles E. Morris III).
17 Public Address and the Revival of American Civic Culture(J. Michael Hogan).
Select Bibliography.
Index.
