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  • The Science of Writing

    Theories, Methods, Individual Differences and Applications

    Edited by C. Michael Levy, Sarah Ransdell ...
    Conceived as the successor to Gregg and Steinberg's Cognitive Processes in Writing, this book takes a multidisciplinary approach to writing research. The authors describe their current thinking and data in such a way that readers in psychology, English, education, and linguistics will find it readable and stimulating. It should serve as a resource book of theory, tools and techniques, and ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • Academic and Business Writing

    by Maggie Sokolik ...
    What characterizes academic writing and business writing? What are the differences between the two genres? Where do they intersect? This book offers an overview of the features of both styles of writing, as well as opportunities to improve your writing skills in a wide variety of contexts.This book was written to accompany the free online course of the same name, the second of two courses offered ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Words Like Loaded Pistols

    Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama

    by Sam Leith ...
    "An entertaining history of great oratory" and a primer to rhetoric's key techniques (The New Yorker).Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it's not just for politicians: it's all around us, whether you're buttering up a key client or persuading your children to eat their vegetables. You have been using rhetoric yourself, all your life. After all, you know what a rhetorical question ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • We Shall Fight on the Beaches

    The Speeches That Inspired History

    by Jacob F. Field ...
    Prefaced by brief historical and biographical introductions, the examples in this book show how words can be used to inspire, to comfort, to move, or to enthuse even the most seemingly hard-bitten of listeners. From rallying cries such as Garibaldi's 'To arms, then, all of you!' and Chou En-lai's 'We must hold aloft the great red banner' to sombre statements such as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 'This ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Postcolonial Cinema Studies

    Edited by Sandra Ponzanesi, Marguerite Waller ...
    This collection of essays foregrounds the work of filmmakers in theorizing and comparing postcolonial conditions, recasting debates in both cinema and postcolonial studies. Postcolonial cinema is presented, not as a rigid category, but as an optic through which to address questions of postcolonial historiography, geography, subjectivity, and epistemology.Current circumstances of migration and ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Text + Field

    Innovations in Rhetorical Method

    Edited by Sara L. McKinnon, Robert Asen, Karma R. Chávez, Robert Glenn Howard ...
    Rhetorical critics have long had a troubled relationship with method, viewing it as at times opening up provocative avenues of inquiry, and at other times as closing off paths toward meaningful engagement with texts. Text + Field shifts scholarly attention from this conflicted history, looking instead to the growing number of scholars who are supplementing text-based scholarship by venturing out ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning

    by Maarten A. Hajer, Robert Hoppe, Bruce Jennings ...
    Public policy is made of language. Whether in written or oral form, argument is central to all parts of the policy process. As simple as this insight appears, its implications for policy analysis and planning are profound. Drawing from recent work on language and argumentation and referring to such theorists as Wittgenstein, Habermas, Toulmin, and Foucault, these essays explore the interplay of ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Appeals to Interest

    Language, Contestation, and the Shaping of Political Agency

    by Dean Mathiowetz ...
    It has become a commonplace assumption in modern political debate that white and rural working- and middle-class citizens in the United States who have been rallied by Republicans in the “culture wars” to vote Republican have been voting “against their interests.” But what, exactly, are these “interests” that these voters are supposed to have been voting against? It reveals a lot about the role of ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Rhetoric, Cultural Studies, and Literacy

    Selected Papers From the 1994 Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America

    Edited by J. Frederick Reynolds ...
    This volume presents a representative cross-section of the more than 200 papers presented at the 1994 conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. The contributors reflect multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives -- English, speech communication, philosophy, rhetoric, composition studies, comparative literature, and film and media studies. Exploring the historical relationships and changing ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Nonviolence Ain't What It Used To Be

    Unarmed Insurrection and the Rhetoric of Resistance

    by Shon Meckfessel ...
    "Shon Meckfessel . . . brings a fresh perspective to the stubborn debates around violence and nonviolence and suggests a way to move beyond the left's tactical impasse. Nonviolence Ain't What It Used to Be won't settle the old argument, but it may start a new one."—Kristian Williams, Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in AmericaShon Meckfessel takes an innovative look at challenges faced by ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Living Chronic

    Agency and Expertise in the Rhetoric of Diabetes

    by Lora Arduser ...
    Diabetes, referred to as an epidemic for more than a decade, remains one of our most significant health issues in the twenty-first century. Because self-management is an important component of living with the disease, the biomedical concept of patient agency has long stressed notions of individual responsibility and autonomy. However, dramatic shifts in both health care and cultural practices call ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • Academic Advancement in Composition Studies

    Scholarship, Publication, Promotion, Tenure

    Edited by Richard C. Gebhardt, Barbara Genelle Smith Gebhardt ...
    This volume deals with a number of related issues that are becoming increasingly crucial for English studies during this time when most faculty in the field are assistant professors approaching tenure review or associate professors seeking promotion. These critical issues focus on:* The diversity of research and scholarly publication in composition studies;* The fact that composition studies ... Read more

    $57.99 USD