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Disability Rhetoric (Critical Perspectives on Disability) - Softcover

Book 5 of 5: Critical Perspectives on Disability

Dolmage, Jay Timothy

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9780815634454: Disability Rhetoric (Critical Perspectives on Disability)
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ISBN 10: 0815634455 ISBN 13: 9780815634454
Publisher: Syracuse University Press, 2016

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

Jay Timothy Dolmage is associate professor of English at the University of Waterloo. He is the founding editor of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies.

Jay Timothy Dolmage is associate professor of English at the University of Waterloo. He is the founding editor of the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies.

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Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0815634455
ISBN 13 
9780815634454
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
349
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