Fitter, Happier - The Eugenic Strain in Twentieth-Century Cancer Rhetoric

Examines the complexity of public language about cancer, with a particular focus on the historical evolution of US cancer rhetorics during the twentieth century

Info autore

Lois Peters Agnew is professor in the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition at Syracuse University. She is author of Thomas De Quincey: British Rhetoric's Romantic Turn and Outward, Visible Propriety: Stoic Philosophy and Eighteenth-Century British Rhetorics, and numerous journal articles.

Riassunto

Examines the complexity of public language about cancer, with a particular focus on the historical evolution of US cancer rhetorics during the twentieth century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lois Peters Agnew
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.03.2024
• EAN: 9780817321857
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2185-7
• Pagine: 188
• Peso: 272 g
• Serie: Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique; Rhetoric, Culture, and, Social Critique
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata