Uncovering Hidden Rhetorics: Social Issues in Disguise

By Barry S. Brummett

Book Overview

Sometimes movies, television shows, political speeches, and music lyrics seem to be about one thing on the surface but express other serious social and political issues when we examine them more closely. Using methods of formal analysis, Uncovering Hidden Rhetorics: Social Issues in Disguise offers students and scholars a key to unlocking hidden text that abounds in popular culture.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412956919
• ISBN13: 9781412956918
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"