Who Says?: Working-Class Rhetoric, Class Consciousness, and Community

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William DeGenaro
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007年1月21日 - 304 頁

In Who Says?, scholars of rhetoric, composition, and communications seek to revise the elitist “rhetorical tradition” by analyzing diverse topics such as settlement house movements and hip-hop culture to uncover how communities use discourse to construct working-class identity. The contributors examine the language of workers at a concrete pour, depictions of long-haul truckers, a comic book series published by the CIO, the transgressive “fat” bodies of Roseanne and Anna Nicole Smith, and even reality television to provide rich insights into working-class rhetorics. The chapters identify working-class tropes and discursive strategies, and connect working-class identity to issues of race, gender, and sexuality. Using a variety of approaches including ethnography, research in historic archives, and analysis of case studies, Who Says? assembles an original and comprehensive collection that is accessible to both students and scholars of class studies and rhetoric.

 

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What Are WorkingClass Rhetorics?
1
Part I Toward a WorkingClass Rhetorical Tradition
9
Rhetorics of the Workplace
105
The Rhetoric of Migrant Farmworkers
107
The Life and Livelihood of the LongHaul Trucker
127
The Dance of Decision Making
144
A Look at Literate Practice within Rhetorical Frameworks
164
The Occupational Narrative of the Working Class
180
Part III Rhetorical Critiques of WorkingClass Pop Culture
201
WorkingClass Rhetoric as Ethnographic Subject
271
Contributors
287
Index
291
Back Cover
295
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William DeGenaro is assistant professor of rhetoric and composition at the University of Michigan, Dearborn.

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