Rhetorical Landscapes in America: Variations on a Theme from Kenneth Burke

By Gregory Clark

At the same time a reading of Kenneth Burke and of tourist landscapes in America, Gregory Clark's new study explores the rhetorical power connected with American tourism. Looking specifically at a time when citizens of the United States first took to rail and then highway to become sightseers in their own country, Clark traces the rhetorical function of a wide-ranging set of tourist experiences. He explores how the symbolic experiences Americans share as tourists have helped residents of a vast and diverse nation adopt a national identity. In doing so he suggests that the rhetorical power of a national culture is wielded not only by public discourse but also by public experiences.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570035393
• ISBN13: 9781570035395
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"