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The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address is a state-of-the-art companion to the field that showcases both the historical traditions and the future possibilities for public address scholarship in the twenty-first century.
  • Focuses on public address as both a subject matter and a critical perspective
  • Mindful of the connections between the study of public address and the history of ideas
  • Provides an historical overview of public address research and pedagogy, as well as a reassessment of contemporary public address scholarship by those most engaged in its practice
  • Includes in-depth discussions of basic issues and controversies public address scholarship
  • Explores the relationship between the study of public address and contemporary issues of civic engagement and democratic citizenship
  • Reflects the diversity of views among public address scholars, advancing on-going discussions and debates over the goals and character of rhetor

    Trade Review
    "On the whole, an indispensable volume for those interested in the history and future of the field. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 May 2011)

    Table of Contents

    Notes on Contributors ix

    Acknowledgments xiv

    Introduction: The Study of Rhetoric and Public Address 1
    Shawn J. Parry-Giles and J. Michael Hogan

    Part I The History and Prospects of Rhetoric and Public Address 17

    1 The History of Public Address as an Academic Study 19
    Martin J. Medhurst

    2 Public Address Scholarship in the New Century: Achievements and Challenges 67
    David Zarefsky

    3 Rhetorical Criticism 2009: A Study in Method 86
    Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

    Part II Basic Research in Rhetoric and Public Address 109

    4 Textual Recovery, Textual Discovery: Returning to Our Past, Imagining Our Future 111
    Davis W. Houck

    5 The Processes and Challenges of Textual Authentication 133
    Robert N. Gaines

    6 Archival Research and the American Presidency: The Political and Rhetorical Complexities of Presidential Records 157
    Shawn J. Parry-Giles

    7 From Recovering Women’s Words to Documenting Gender Constructs: Archival Research in the Twenty-First Century 184
    Susan Zaeske and Sarah Jedd

    Part III Text and Context in Rhetoric and Public Address 203

    8 The Racial Contexts of Public Address: Interpreting Violence During the Reconstruction Era 205
    Kirt H. Wilson

    9 Lilies and Lavatory Paper: The Public and the Private in British Suffrage Archives 229
    Cheryl R. Jorgensen-Earp

    10 Studying Visual Modes of Public Address: Lewis Hine’s Progressive-Era Child Labor Rhetoric 250
    Cara A. Finnegan

    11 Theory and Public Address: The Allusive Mr. Bush 271
    John M. Murphy

    Part IV Questions of Effect in Rhetoric and Public Address 291

    12 Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and Instrumental Effects of Presidential Rhetoric 293
    Mary E. Stuckey

    13 Analyzing Constitutive Rhetorics: The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and the “Principles of ’98” 313
    James Jasinski and Jennifer R. Mercieca

    Part V The Politics of Rhetoric and Public Address 343

    14 Feminism and Public Address Research: Television News and the Constitution of Women’s Liberation 345
    Bonnie J. Dow

    15 The Problem of Race in Public Address Research: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Conflicted Aesthetics of Race 373
    Eric King Watts

    16 Sexuality and Public Address: Rhetorical Pasts, Queer Theory, and Abraham Lincoln 398
    Charles E. Morris III

    17 Public Address and the Revival of American Civic Culture 422
    J. Michael Hogan

    Select Bibliography 448

    Index 469

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 23/04/2010
      ISBN13: 9781405178136, 978-1405178136
      ISBN10: 1405178132
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address is a state-of-the-art companion to the field that showcases both the historical traditions and the future possibilities for public address scholarship in the twenty-first century.
      • Focuses on public address as both a subject matter and a critical perspective
      • Mindful of the connections between the study of public address and the history of ideas
      • Provides an historical overview of public address research and pedagogy, as well as a reassessment of contemporary public address scholarship by those most engaged in its practice
      • Includes in-depth discussions of basic issues and controversies public address scholarship
      • Explores the relationship between the study of public address and contemporary issues of civic engagement and democratic citizenship
      • Reflects the diversity of views among public address scholars, advancing on-going discussions and debates over the goals and character of rhetor

        Trade Review
        "On the whole, an indispensable volume for those interested in the history and future of the field. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 May 2011)

        Table of Contents

        Notes on Contributors ix

        Acknowledgments xiv

        Introduction: The Study of Rhetoric and Public Address 1
        Shawn J. Parry-Giles and J. Michael Hogan

        Part I The History and Prospects of Rhetoric and Public Address 17

        1 The History of Public Address as an Academic Study 19
        Martin J. Medhurst

        2 Public Address Scholarship in the New Century: Achievements and Challenges 67
        David Zarefsky

        3 Rhetorical Criticism 2009: A Study in Method 86
        Karlyn Kohrs Campbell

        Part II Basic Research in Rhetoric and Public Address 109

        4 Textual Recovery, Textual Discovery: Returning to Our Past, Imagining Our Future 111
        Davis W. Houck

        5 The Processes and Challenges of Textual Authentication 133
        Robert N. Gaines

        6 Archival Research and the American Presidency: The Political and Rhetorical Complexities of Presidential Records 157
        Shawn J. Parry-Giles

        7 From Recovering Women’s Words to Documenting Gender Constructs: Archival Research in the Twenty-First Century 184
        Susan Zaeske and Sarah Jedd

        Part III Text and Context in Rhetoric and Public Address 203

        8 The Racial Contexts of Public Address: Interpreting Violence During the Reconstruction Era 205
        Kirt H. Wilson

        9 Lilies and Lavatory Paper: The Public and the Private in British Suffrage Archives 229
        Cheryl R. Jorgensen-Earp

        10 Studying Visual Modes of Public Address: Lewis Hine’s Progressive-Era Child Labor Rhetoric 250
        Cara A. Finnegan

        11 Theory and Public Address: The Allusive Mr. Bush 271
        John M. Murphy

        Part IV Questions of Effect in Rhetoric and Public Address 291

        12 Jimmy Carter, Human Rights, and Instrumental Effects of Presidential Rhetoric 293
        Mary E. Stuckey

        13 Analyzing Constitutive Rhetorics: The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and the “Principles of ’98” 313
        James Jasinski and Jennifer R. Mercieca

        Part V The Politics of Rhetoric and Public Address 343

        14 Feminism and Public Address Research: Television News and the Constitution of Women’s Liberation 345
        Bonnie J. Dow

        15 The Problem of Race in Public Address Research: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Conflicted Aesthetics of Race 373
        Eric King Watts

        16 Sexuality and Public Address: Rhetorical Pasts, Queer Theory, and Abraham Lincoln 398
        Charles E. Morris III

        17 Public Address and the Revival of American Civic Culture 422
        J. Michael Hogan

        Select Bibliography 448

        Index 469

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