Identity's Strategy: Rhetorical Selves in Conversion

by Dana Anderson

An investigation into the persuasive techniques inherent in presentations of identity

In Identity's Strategy, Dana Anderson seeks to construct a rhetorical theory for understanding persuasive strategies involved in the expression of personal identity. Drawing on Kenneth Burke's "Dialectic of Constitutions," Anderson analyzes conversion narratives to illustrate how the authors of these autobiographical texts describe dramatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157003706X
• ISBN13: 9781570037061
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 209 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"