Political Science History & Theory
Politically Speaking
Cross-Cultural Studies of Rhetoric
- Publisher
- ISER Books
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1981
- Category
- History & Theory
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780919666375
- Publish Date
- Jan 1981
- List Price
- $26.95
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Description
This volume focuses on the organization of meaning in the verbal culture of politics. Of ten chapters, six examine the rhetoric of a specific speech or event, and four are theoretical discussions of rhetoric in terms of context, strategy, performance and persuasion.
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"...a wealth of insight, intellectual challenge, and fascinating ethnographic detail..." - American Ethnologist