{"product_id":"language-and-power-on-the-rhetorical-stage-9780367421847","title":"Language and Power on the Rhetorical Stage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a fusion of narrative and analysis, \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Power on the Rhetorical Stage \u003c\/i\u003eexamines how theater can enact critical discourse analysis and how micro-instances of iniquitous language use have been politically and historically reiterated to oppress and deny equal rights to marginalized groups of people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from Aristophanesâ rhetorical plays as a template for rhetoric in action, the author poses the stage as a rhetorical site whereby we can observe, see, and feel 20th-century rhetorical theories of the body. Using critical discourse analysis and Judith Butlerâs theories of the performative body as a methodological and analytical lens, the book explores how a handful of American plays in the latter part of the 20th centuryâthe works of Tony Kushner, Suzan Lori-Parks, and John Cameron Mitchell, among othersâ use rhetoric in order to perform and challenge marginalizing language about groups that are not offered center stage in public and political spheres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Language and Power on the Rhetorical Stage\u003c\/i\u003e, is part of the Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication series and is a valuable resource for voice and speech practitioners who specialize in text, and for those who teach public speaking.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiz DeBetta\u003c\/b\u003e, CEW+, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Language and Power on the Rhetorical Stage\u003c\/i\u003e, is part of the Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication series and is a valuable resource for voice and speech practitioners who specialize in text, and for those who teach public speaking.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiz DeBetta\u003c\/b\u003e, CEW+, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Performing Rhetorical Theory 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 “And My Life Blood Out They Suck”: Embodying \u003ci\u003eLogos in Clouds \u003c\/i\u003e20\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 “I I I” Is for Ideology: Staging Metaphor in \u003ci\u003eTorch Song \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAngels in America \u003c\/i\u003e50\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Acts of Silence and Silences’ Acts in Amiri Baraka’s \u003ci\u003eSlave Ship \u003c\/i\u003eand Suzan-Lori Parks’ \u003ci\u003eVenus \u003c\/i\u003e77\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Blonde Wigs and Butterflies: Queering the Intertextual Binaries in \u003ci\u003eM. Butterfly \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHedwig and the Angry Inch \u003c\/i\u003e107\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Rhetoric, Performance, and Pedagogy 136\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577304846679,"sku":"9780367421847","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367421847.jpg?v=1746094770","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/language-and-power-on-the-rhetorical-stage-9780367421847","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}