Tense Times - Rhetoric, Syntax, and Politics in US Crisis Culture

American public culture is obsessed with crisis. Political polarization, economic collapse, moral decline - the worst seems always yet to come and already here. Tense Times argues that the ways we discuss these crises, especially through verb tenses, not only contribute to our perception and description of such crises but create them.

Info autore

Lee M. Pierce is assistant professor of rhetorical communication at the State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo.

Riassunto

American public culture is obsessed with crisis. Political polarization, economic collapse, moral decline - the worst seems always yet to come and already here. Tense Times argues that the ways we discuss these crises, especially through verb tenses, not only contribute to our perception and description of such crises but create them.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lee M. Pierce
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9780817360870
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-6087-0
• Pagine: 171
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Rhetoric, Culture, and, Social Critique
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie