Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, First Edition: A Reader (Revisioning Rhetoric) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572304014 ISBN 13: 9781572304017

Publisher: Guilford Press, 1998

Synopsis

A collection of essays that brings together the themes, issues and controversies that have shaped the development of rhetorical theory since the late 1960s.

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About the Author

John Louis Lucaites (PhD, University of Iowa, 1984) is associate professor in the Department of Communication and Culture, adjunct associate professor in American Studies at Indiana University. He is also a Fellow at the Poynter center for the Study of Ethics at Indiana University. He teaches courses in rhetorical theory and the relationship between rhetoric and social theory. His current research focuses on the critique of liberalism and democratic culture. He is the coauthor with Celeste Michelle Condit of Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African Word (Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award for Outstanding Scholarship, National Communication Association, 1993).

Celeste Michelle Condit (PhD, University of Iowa, 1982) is Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Georgia. She is coediting Women's studies in Communication. Her books include Decoding Abortion Rhetoric: The Communication of Social Change (University of Illinois, 1990) and Crafting Equality: America's Anglo-African Word (University of Chicago, 1993; coauthored with John Louis Lucaites). She was the corecipient of the Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award and the Golden Monograph Award and the recipient of the Dogulas Ehninger Award.

Sally A. Caudill (PhD, University of Georgia, 1998) is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Macalester College. She has published several essays on women's roles in reproductive technologies and public speaking. At present, her research interests include multicultural communication and the rhetoric of resistance. She has won numerous teaching awards and served as a student representative to the Women's Caucus of the National Communication Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572304014
• ISBN 13: 9781572304017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 613
• Editor: Lucaites John Louis, Condit Celeste Michelle, Caudill Sally A.