Ecospeak : rhetoric and environmental politics in America /
In this book, M. Jimmie Killingsworth and Jacqueline S. Palmer have a twofold purpose: to analyze the patterns of rhetoric used in written discourse about environmental politics and to make a practical contribution to the art of rhetorical criticism through the study of rhetoric in use. The language...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2012.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780809380978 0809380978 9786613901286 6613901288 0585027706 9780585027708 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Rhetoric and the Environmental Dilemma; 1. Varieties of Environmentalism: A Genealogy; 2. The Rhetoric of Scientific Activism; 3. Scientific Ecology and the Rhetoric of Distance; 4. Transformations of Scientific Discourse in the News Media; 5. The Environmental Impact Statement and the Rhetoric of Democracy; 6. Rhetoric and Action in Ecotopian Discourse; 7. Ecological Economics and the Rhetoric of Sustainability; Epilogue: The Scientific Activist and the Problem of Openness; Notes; Works Cited.
- IndexAuthor Biographies; Back Cover.