Rhetoric in Intercultural Contexts [Paperback]

Rhetoric in Intercultural Contexts confronts the challenges facing critics of rhetorical action when the focus of the study contains a mixture of cultural traditions and practices. The contributors reflect on the limitations of monocultural critical approaches and put forward intercultural critical possibilities.

Rhetoric in Intercultural Contexts confronts the challenges facing critics of rhetorical action when the focus of the study contains a mixture of cultural traditions and practices. The contributors reflect on the limitations of monocultural critical approaches and put forward intercultural critical possibilities.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Rhetoric at the Intercultures - Alberto González and Dolores V Tanno
PART TWO: PERSPECTIVES ON RHETORIC AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
The Cultures of Rhetoric - Robert Shuter
Situating Rhetoric in Cultural Discourses - Donal Carbaugh and Karen Wolf
Africalogical Theory Building - Ronald L Jackson II
Positioning the Discourse
Opening the Future - Raymie E McKerrow
Postmodern Rhetoric in a Multicultural World
Asking New Questions of Old Texts - Vanessa Bowles Beasley
Presidential Rhetoric and the Demands of Multiculturalism
Some Elementary Methodological Reflections on the Studying of the Chinese Rhetorical Tradition - Mary M Garret
PART THREE: RHETORIC IN INTERCULTURAL CONTEXTS
George Bush Goes to Rio - Taria Rai Peterson and Kathi Lynn Pauley
Implications for US Participation in Global Environmental Governance
Rhetoric and Intercultural Friendship Formation - Elisabeth Gareis
Water-Related Figurative Language in the Rhetoric of Mencius - Ringo Ma
The Cultural Perspective of a Public Health Facility for Oklahoma American Indians - Lynda Deelc-