Rhetorical Histories of Social Movements in the U.S. -- Dana L. Cloud

<p>Written by experts in the field, Rhetorical Histories of Social Movements in the U.S.</em> provides readers with a rhetorical account of American social movements from the U.S. War for Independence to #BlackLivesMatter.</p><p></p><p>In nine movement-specific chapters, readers explore the history and rhetorical aspects of early U.S. movements, including the War for Independence, abolition, and women's suffrage; labor, socialist, and communist movements; the Civil Rights and Black freedom movements; Latine and immigrant struggles; women's movements; gay rights and queer liberation movements; antiwar and student movements of the 1960s; disability rights and justice movements; and ecological and environmental justice movements. Featuring a uniquely rhetorical focus, the book examines how specific movements have crafted messages, identities, and organizations to exert social influence in response to overweening power.</p><p></p><p>The field of rhetorical studies has lacked a comprehensive, integrated, and distinctly rhetorical</em> history of the movements our students need to know about. This book is designed to address that gap.</p><p></p><p>Rhetorical Histories of Social Movements in the U.S.</em> is designed to complement A New Rhetoric of Social Movements</em> by Dana L. Cloud. It can also stand alone or supplement any other theoretical social movement text.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Dana L. Cloud, James Cherney, Constance Gordon<br><b>Publisher:</b> Cognella Academic Pub