The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address - (Handbooks in Communication and Media) by Shawn J Parry-Giles & J Michael Hogan (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address</i> is a state-of-the-art companion to the field that showcases both the historical traditions and the future possibilities for public address scholarship in the twenty-first century. <ul> <li>Focuses on public address as both a subject matter and a critical perspective</li> <li>Mindful of the connections between the study of public address and the history of ideas</li> <li>Provides an historical overview of public address research and pedagogy, as well as a reassessment of contemporary public address scholarship by those most engaged in its practice</li> <li>Includes in-depth discussions of basic issues and controversies public address scholarship</li> <li>Explores the relationship between the study of public address and contemporary issues of civic engagement and democratic citizenship</li> <li>Reflects the diversity of views among public address scholars, advancing on-going discussions and debates over the goals and character of rhetorical scholarship</li> </ul><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>HANDBOOKS IN COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA</b> <p>"This excellent volume explores theoretical and critical perspectives that inform the study of public address, engaging significant issues of contemporary scholarship. Its contribution to the study of rhetoric as a force in history and as a tool of democratic deliberation is enormous."</br> <b>James R. Andrews, </b> <i>Indiana University</i> <p>"This is a timely and important book. The work of exceptional scholars, it at once embodies the finest traditions in the theory and criticism of public disclosure, and points readers in innovative directions for productive research in the twenty-first century. The volume combines case studies, explorations in theory and method, and exemplary archival research in a fashion certain to be of value to scholars at every level."</br> <b>David Henry, </b> <i>University of Nevada at Las Vegas</i> <p>"Parry-Giles and Hogan have given us a gift. Their edited volume contains insightful, timely analysis from some of the best minds in the discipline on where public address scholarship has been, where it is, and where it might be going. <i>The Handbook of Rhetoric and Public Address</i> pushes scholars to reflect on important theoretical, political, and methodological issues while it simultaneously underscores the continuing relevance of rhetoric and its study to civic education. All in all, this volume is splendid contribution."</br> <b>Denise M. Bostdorff, </b> <i>The College of Wooster</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>On the whole, an indispensable volume for those interested in the history and future of the field. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above. (Choice, 1 May 2011)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>About the Editors</b> <p><b>Shawn J. Parry-Giles</b> is Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Political communication and Civic Leadership at the University of Maryland. She is the author of <i>The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955</i> (2001) and co-author of <i>Constructing Clinton: Hyper-Reality and Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics</i> (2002) and <i>The Prime-Time Presidency</i> The West Wing<i> and US Nationalism</i> (2006). She is the co-editor of P<i>ublic Address and Moral Judgment: Critical Studies in Ethical Tensions</i> (2009). <p><b>J. Michael Hogan</b> is Professor of Rhetoric and Co-director of the Center for Democratic Deliberation at the Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of the <i>Panama Canal In American Politics</i> (1986), <i>The Nuclear Freeze Campaign</i> (1994), and <i>Woodrow Wilson's Western Tour</i> (2006). He also edited two other volumes, <i>Rhetoric and Community</i> (1998) and<i> Rhetoric and Reform in the Progressive Era</i> (2003). In 2008, Hogan was elected a Distinguished Scholar of the National Communication Association.
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