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The Practice of Rhetoric
Poetics, Performance, Philosophy
Edited by Debra Hawhee and Vessela Valiavitcharska
University of Alabama Press
Essays that show what a broad conception of rhetoric means and does in relation to practice
The Rhetoric of Fascism
Edited by Nathan Crick
University of Alabama Press
Highlights the persuasive devices most common to fascist appeals
Faithful Deliberation
Rhetorical Invention, Evangelicalism, and #MeToo Reckonings
By T J Geiger
University of Alabama Press
Investigates the rhetorical practices used by contemporary evangelical Christian women to confront theological and cultural issues that stymie deliberation within their communities
Reframing Rhetorical History
Cases, Theories, and Methodologies
Edited by Kathleen J. Turner and Jason Edward Black; Preface by Kathleen J. Turner; Introduction by Jason Edward Black
University of Alabama Press
A collection of essays providing insights into new directions in rhetorical history
Climate Politics on the Border
Environmental Justice Rhetorics
University of Alabama Press
Explores the ways climate change and extreme weather are negotiated politically in a border community
I the People
The Rhetoric of Conservative Populism in the United States
University of Alabama Press
A rhetorical examination of the rise of populist conservatism
Suburban Dreams
Imagining and Building the Good Life
University of Alabama Press
Explores how the suburban imaginary, composed of the built environment and imaginative texts, functions as a resource for living out the “good life”
Heritage and Hate
Old South Rhetoric at Southern Universities
University of Alabama Press
How southern universities continue to wrestle with the words and symbols that embody and perpetuate Old South traditions
Laying Claim
African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity
University of Alabama Press
Explores the practices and cultural institutions that define and sustain African American “southernness,” demonstrating that southern identity is more expansive than traditional narratives that center on white culture
Decoding the Digital Church
Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump
University of Alabama Press
A nuanced look at the rhetorical narratives used by conservative Republicans and evangelicals to make both personal and political choices
Interpreting Sacred Ground
The Rhetoric of National Civil War Parks and Battlefields
University of Alabama Press
Interpreting Sacred Ground is a rhetorical analysis of Civil War battlefields and parks, and the ways various commemorative traditions—and their ideologies of race, reconciliation, emancipation, and masculinity—compete for dominance.
Feminist Connections
Rhetoric and Activism across Time, Space, and Place
Edited by Katherine Fredlund, Kerri Hauman, and Jessica Ouellette; Foreword by Tarez Samra Graban; Afterword by Kristine L. Blair
University of Alabama Press
Highlights feminist rhetorical practices that disrupt and surpass boundaries of time and space
Architects of Memory
Information and Rhetoric in a Networked Archival Age
University of Alabama Press
Probes the development of information management after World War II and its consequences for public memory and human agency
Sex Panic Rhetorics, Queer Interventions
By Ian Barnard
University of Alabama Press
Analyzes the rhetoric of contemporary sex panics to expose how homophobia, heterosexism, and transphobia define public, political, and scholarly preoccupations with sexuality and gender
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