A Feeling of Wrongness - Pessimistic Rhetoric on the Fringes of Popular Culture

Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging.

About the author

Joseph Packer is Associate Professor of Communication and Dramatic Arts at Central Michigan University. He is the author of Alien Life and Human Purpose: A Rhetorical Examination Through History.Ethan Stoneman is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Public Address at Hillsdale College.

Summary

Examines case studies of popular culture as pessimistic rhetorical artifacts, and how non-traditional modes of argumentation can work rhetorically to overcome biases against pessimistic messaging.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Packer, Joseph (Central Michigan University) Packer, Packer Joseph, Ethan Stoneman, Ethan (Hillsdale College) Stoneman
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2018
• EAN: 9780271082356
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08235-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Popular Culture, Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, ART / Popular Culture, LITERARY CRITICISM / Horror & Supernatural, Literary studies: general, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics