Disability Rhetoric

by Jay Timothy Dolmage

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815634455
• ISBN13: 9780815634454
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 9.0"