Disability rhetoric / Jay Timothy Dolmage.

Author/creator Dolmage, Jay author.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationSyracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014.
Description1 online resource (368 pages).
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects

SeriesCritical perspectives on disability
Critical perspectives on disability. ^A1103828
Contents Disability Studies of Rhetoric -- Interchapter: An Archive and Anatomy of Disability Myths -- Rhetorical Histories of Disability -- Imperfect Meaning -- Interchapter: A Repertoire and Choreography of Disability Rhetorics -- Mêtis -- Eating Rhetorical Bodies -- I Did It on Purpose.
Abstract 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.--Publisher description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Dolmage, Jay. Disability rhetoric. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2014 Critical perspectives on disability 9780815633242
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Genre/formElectronic books.
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ISBN9780815652335 (electronic bk.)
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