| Disability Rhetoric Contributor(s): Dolmage, Jay Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815634455 ISBN-13: 9780815634454 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $27.67 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | People With Disabilities - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric |
| Series: Critical Perspectives on Disability |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.84" W x 9.02" (1.13 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |