The Rhetorics of US Immigration - Identity, Community, Otherness

Examines U.S. immigration as a rhetorical process inventing persons and communities in reference to space and place. Engages immigration in media and popular culture; the construction of immigrant experiences in public discourse; and the effects of fear, violence, and exclusion on immigrant and non-immigrant communities.

About the author

E. Johanna Hartelius is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh.

Summary

Examines U.S. immigration as a rhetorical process inventing persons and communities in reference to space and place. Engages immigration in media and popular culture; the construction of immigrant experiences in public discourse; and the effects of fear, violence, and exclusion on immigrant and non-immigrant communities.

Product details

• Authors: E. JOHANN HARTELIUS
• Assisted by: E. Johanna Hartelius (Editor), E. Johanna (Northern Illinois University) Hartelius (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.2016
• EAN: 9780271067193
• ISBN: 978-0-271-06719-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Communication Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Refugees & Political Asylum, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General