Commonplace witnessing : rhetorical invention, historical remembrance, and public culture /
Vivian, Bradford,
Commonplace witnessing : rhetorical invention, historical remembrance, and public culture / Bradford Vivian. - 1 online resource
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Commonplace Witnessing' examines how citizens, politicians, and civic institutions have adopted idioms of witnessing in recent decades to serve a variety of social, political, and moral ends. It does so by exploring the rhetoric of witnessing in especially influential idiomatic forms, including survivor testimony, popular memoirs, political speech, civic memorials, and public rituals of forgiveness.
Specialized.
9780190678371 (ebook) : No price
Memory--Social aspects--History.--United States
Speeches, addresses, etc., American--History and criticism.
Collective memory--History.--United States
Rhetoric.
BF378.S65 / V575 2017
302.1
Commonplace witnessing : rhetorical invention, historical remembrance, and public culture / Bradford Vivian. - 1 online resource
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Commonplace Witnessing' examines how citizens, politicians, and civic institutions have adopted idioms of witnessing in recent decades to serve a variety of social, political, and moral ends. It does so by exploring the rhetoric of witnessing in especially influential idiomatic forms, including survivor testimony, popular memoirs, political speech, civic memorials, and public rituals of forgiveness.
Specialized.
9780190678371 (ebook) : No price
Memory--Social aspects--History.--United States
Speeches, addresses, etc., American--History and criticism.
Collective memory--History.--United States
Rhetoric.
BF378.S65 / V575 2017
302.1