![]() ![]() Simultaneously challenging and accessible, Activism and Rhetoric: Theories and Contexts for Political Engagement is a must-read for students and scholars who are interested in or actively engaged in rhetoric, composition, political communication, and social justice.Ĭhapters 1, 6, and 13 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDF at under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. As you read, remember to do the following: Consider the author’s rhetorical context Consider your rhetorical context as the reader Preview the text, and make predictions Read actively, questioning. Effectively formulate arguments and communicate research findings through the process of researching, composing, and editing 6. ![]() New to this edition are attention to Black Lives Matter, the transgender community, social media environments, globalization, and environmental activism. Now that you have learned strategies for active and rhetorical reading, apply them in your own work. Demonstrate, negotiate, and further understanding through spoken, written, visual, and conversational modes 5. The second edition of this formative collection offers analysis of the work rhetoric plays in the principles and practices of today’s culture of democratic activism.Įditors JongHwa Lee and Seth Kahn-and their diverse contributors working in communication and composition studies both within and outside academia-provide explicit articulation of how activist rhetoric differs from the kinds of deliberative models that rhetoric has exalted for centuries, contextualized through and by contributors’ everyday lives, work, and interests. Assignment: At the end of this unit, you will write an 800-1000 word rhetorical analysis essay that compares and contrasts the rhetorical contexts and.
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