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Presidents and Protestors: Political Rhetoric in the 1960s (Studies Rhetoric & Communicati)
Theodore O. Windt
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Paperback. An intellectual history of the 1960s as seen through the rhetoric of the participants, both presidents and protestors, which ultimately shows that the major participants utilized every form of political discourse available and, consequently, exhausted both themselves and the rhetorical forms. Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Communication. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; CFG; HBJK; HBLW3; JFCX; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
The decade of the 1960s was a time of passionate politics and resounding rhetoric. The ""resounding rhetoric"", from Kennedy's celebrated inaugural address, to the outlandish antics of the Yippies, is the focus of this book. The importance of this volume is its consideration of both people in power (presidents) and people out of power (protesters), and its delineation of the different rhetorical bases that each had to work from in participating in the politics of the 1960s. This work places rhetorical acts within their specific political contexts, changing the direction of previous rhetorical studies from the sociological to the historical-political. ... Read more
The decade of the 1960s was a time of passionate politics and resounding rhetoric. The ""resounding rhetoric"", from Kennedy's celebrated inaugural address, to the outlandish antics of the Yippies, is the focus of this book. The importance of this volume is its consideration of both people in power (presidents) and people out of power (protesters), and its delineation of the different rhetorical bases that each had to work from in participating in the politics of the 1960s. This work places rhetorical acts within their specific political contexts, changing the direction of previous rhetorical studies from the sociological to the historical-political. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Rhetoric and Communication
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817305888
SKU
V9780817305888
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