Disability Rhetoric
written by Jay T. Dolmage, fl. 2017, in Critical Perspectives on Disability, 4 of 5 (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2014, originally published 2014), 331 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- 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.
- Field of Interest
- Disability Studies
- Author
- Jay T. Dolmage, fl. 2017
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 2014 Syracuse University
- Content Type
- General reference book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 2014
- Page Count
- 331
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Place Published / Released
- Syracuse, NY
- Series Number
- 4 of 5
- Subject
- Disability Studies, Diversity, Theory, Disabilities, Social sciences, Discrimination, Theoretical Perspectives, History and Theory, Teoría, Teoria, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
- Series / Program
- Critical Perspectives on Disability
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Theoretical Perspectives, History and Theory, Teoría, Teoria
