Michael Moore and the Rhetoric Documentary - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809334070 ISBN 13: 9780809334070

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pr, 2015

Synopsis

Not afraid to tackle provocative topics in American culture, from gun violence and labor policies to terrorism and health care, Michael Moore has earned both applause and invective in his career as a documentarian. In such polarizing films as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko, Moore has established a unique voice of radical nostalgia for progressivism, and in doing so has become one of the most recognized documentary filmmakers of all time.

In the first in-depth study of Moore’s feature-length documentary films, editors Thomas W. Benson and Brian J. Snee have gathered leading rhetoric scholars to examine the production, rhetorical appeals, and audience reception of these films. Contributors critique the films primarily as modes of public argument and political art. Each essay is devoted to one of Moore’s films and traces in detail how each film invites specific audience responses.

Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary reveals not only the art, the argument, and the emotional appeals of Moore’s documentaries but also how these films have revolutionized the genre of documentary filmmaking.

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About the Author

Thomas W. Benson is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professsor of Rhetoric at Penn State University, USA and has edited and authored several books, including Reality Fictions: The Films of Frederick Wiseman.

Brian J. Snee is an associate professor and the chair of the communication and media department at Manhattanville College, USA. He is a coeditor, with Thomas W. Benson, of The Rhetoric of the New Political Documentary.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pr
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809334070
• ISBN 13: 9780809334070
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Benson Thomas W., Snee Brian J.