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Modern Occult Rhetoric
Joshua Gunn
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Description for Modern Occult Rhetoric
Paperback. A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HRQX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse. The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to American culture than is commonly assumed. Joshua Gunn approaches the occult as an idiom, examining the ways in which acts of textual criticism and interpretation are occultic in nature, as evident in practices as diverse as academic scholarship, Freemasonry, and television production. Gunn ... Read more
A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse. The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to American culture than is commonly assumed. Joshua Gunn approaches the occult as an idiom, examining the ways in which acts of textual criticism and interpretation are occultic in nature, as evident in practices as diverse as academic scholarship, Freemasonry, and television production. Gunn ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817356569
SKU
V9780817356569
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About Joshua Gunn
Joshua Gunn is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is currently writing a book on the haunting of human speech in contemporary mass media technologies.
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