Celebrity Rhetoric and Sexual Misconduct Cases - Discursive Self-Cleaving

This book considers the rhetorical strategies used by celebrities and their surrogates and attorneys when faced with claims of sexual misconduct.

List of contents

Introduction: Discursive Self-Cleaving 1. Hulk Hogan // Terry Bollea 2. Mr. Trump // Donald J. Trump 3. R. Kelly // Robert Kelly

About the author

Andrea M. McDonnell is Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Communication Minor at Providence College, USA.

Summary

This book considers the rhetorical strategies used by celebrities and their surrogates and attorneys when faced with claims of sexual misconduct.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea McDonnell, McDonnell Andrea
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032461120
• ISBN: 978-1-03-246112-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Routledge Focus on Communication Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sexual Abuse & Harassment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Sexual abuse & harassment, Communication Studies, Sexual abuse and harassment, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc