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Readings on the Rhetoric of Social Protestsecond edition This highly acclaimed anthology includes thirty-five of the most significant essays from the literature. From groundbreaking theoretical works to very recent case studies, the selections reveal the evolution of a dynamic scholarship--its theoretical foundations, the debates that shape further inquiry, the critical studies that illustrate key theoretical positions. Drawing on a wide range of movements, these essays show people attempting to reform society from within. They also argue for a communication-based theory of social protest, exploring language choices and other rhetorical strategies that create leaders, inspire followers, confront power, and attract public support and sympathy--or that silence dissent, suppress uprising, or discredit protesters. The second edition reflects current issues in and perspectives on the rhetoric of social movements, as well as a wider range of historical and contemporary social movements. A revised organization highlights conceptual themes across movements and scholarship. Substantive introductions to the each chapter highlight key points, vital connections, and recurring conflicts. A selected bibliography—expanded in this edition—helps students launch their own research on social movements. Reviewed in The Review of Communication, January 2008. The first edition of this book was also reviewed in Rhetoric and Public Affairs and The Review of Communication. COMMENTS FROM PROFESSORS"It brings together, in one convenient place, some of the most important scholarship on the rhetoric of social movements, historical and contemporary, classic essays and cutting-edge criticism." "Morris and Browne have gathered the best collection of essays on principles of theory and rhetoric of social movements that I have seen." "The quality of the scholarship and the areas covered in the book are outstanding." "I do value the contribution this book makes . . . . The collection of theory essays [in Section I] remains a strength of the book." "[Section II] offers a fine cross section of critical essays, providing a student with the sense of the diversity of topics and approaches that can be taken in the rhetorical study of social movements." It is a ready-made source for many of the classic and most important scholarly essays in the area. Indeed, it is the best such anthology available." COMMENTS ON THE FIRST EDITION"[This book] is an excellent idea. There is a real need for such a volume." "It collects for the first time in one place the key writings and debates in the communication field on social movements. It provides a balance of theory with case studies." "In this field, the important work in social movements is now being done through case studies. This makes the last section especially important. The choices in this section are fine examples of criticism." "The book [has a] specific and realistic discussion about movement theory and criticism drawn directly from the field." "Articles selected for the text clearly offer a wide range of rhetorical perspectives through each major section. I was [also] impressed with the selection of readings for the 'competing and 'critical' sections. I would adopt the proposed text as a required text for my course. It includes many of the essays I now require graduate and undergraduate students to read and critique." "I believe this text will ultimately be adopted as a required text for many social movements courses."
To see the table of contents, please click on this line. To read the preface, please click on this line. ABOUT THE EDITORSCharles E. Morris III is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Boston College, where he teaches courses in rhetorical criticism, the history of American public address, public memory, and social protest rhetoric. He has a B.A. from Boston College. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. He is the editor of the forthcoming volume Queering Public Address, and his work has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Free Speech Yearbook, and Women's Studies in Communication. Professor Morris received the National Communication Association's Karl Wallace Memorial Award and Golden Anniversary Monograph Award. Stephen Howard Browne is Professor of Speech Communication at The Pennsylvania State University, where he teaches courses in rhetorical theory and criticism. He received his B.S. from the University of Oregon, his M.A. from Colorado State University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of Edmund Burke and the Discourse of Virtue (1993), Angelina GrimkÇ: Rhetoric, Identity, and the Radical Imagination (1999), and Jefferson's Call for Nationhood: The First Inaugural Address (2003). He has published more than thirty essays in the history and criticism of rhetoric in the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication Monographs, Rhetoric and Public Affairs, and other journals. Professor Browne received the National Communication Association's Diamond Anniversary Book Award and the Karl Wallace Memorial Award.
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