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1. IMAGE POLITICS: THE NEW RHETORIC OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM.

Author

Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
*POLITICAL science, *SOCIAL movements
Abstract

Focuses on the relevance of the book 'Image Politics: The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activism' by Kevin Michael DeLuca for social movement rhetoric. Implications of the social movement rhetoric for the community; Limitations of the social movement theory; Impact of postmodernism on the practice of social movement.

Published
2001

2. Richard Harvey Brown as text.

Author

Gross, Alan and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
*METAPHOR in literature, *CRITICISM
Abstract

Analyzes the works of philosopher Richard Harvey Brown and its contribution in the revolutionized views of metaphor. Significance of antithesis and metaphors in casting abstract concepts in terms of the apprehensible; Review of works that include `A Poetic for Sociology: Toward a Logic of Discovery for the Human Sciences'; `Society as Text: Essays on Rhetoric, Reason, and Reality.'

Published
1999
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3. Environmental Communication: Tales of Life on Earth.

Author

Peterson, Tarla Rai and Lucaites, John Louis

Subjects
*ECOLOGY, *COMMUNICATION
Abstract

Focuses on the attempts of scientists and social activists to explain what is meant by ecological integrity, while reviewing three environmental communication monographs and three collections which deal ecological integrity. Identification of the literature reviewed; Reference to the arguments made by author Niklaus Luhmann; Details on cultural issues associated with the emergence of the environmental movement.

Published
1998
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5. Communication with Feeling: Emotion, Publicness, and Embodiment.

Author

Malin, Brent and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
LIVED Body, The (Book), SEDUCING America (Book), BATTLEGROUND of Desire: The Struggle for Self-Control in Modern America (Book)
Abstract

Reviews books on emotional communication. 'The Lived Body: Sociological Themes and Embodied Issues,' by Simon Williams and Gillian Bendelow; 'Seducing America: How Television Charms the Modern Voter,' by Robert Hart; 'Battleground of Desire: The Struggle for Self Control in Modern America.'

Published
2001
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6. Legitimating the Chinese Economic Reforms: A Rhetoric of Myth and Orthodoxy.

Author

Frank, David A. and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
*CHINESE language, *LITERATURE & state, *RHETORIC, ECONOMIC conditions in China
Abstract

Focuses on the importance of book `Legitimating the Chinese Economic Reforms: A Rhetoric of Myth and Orthodoxy,' by Alan R. Kluver on Chinese rhetoric. Management of the economic reform program of Deng Xiaoping by the Communist Party; Symbolic recreation of Mao Zedong; Justification on the move toward market socialism by mythic narratives and character.

Published
1999

8. BLACK LUNG: ANATOMY OF A PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER.

Author

Martin, Steven E. and Peterson, Tarla

Subjects
*PUBLIC health, *NONFICTION novel
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Black Lung: Anatomy of Public Health Disaster,' by Alan Derickson.

Published
2001

9. DANCING IN CHAINS (Book Review).

Author

Frobish, Todd S. and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
DANCING in Chains (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Dancing in Chains: Narrative and Memory in Political Theory,' by Joshua F. Dienstag.

Published
2000

10. CULTURAL BOUNDARIES OF SCIENCE (Book Review).

Author

Grey, Stephanie Houston and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
CULTURAL Boundaries of Science (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Cultural Boundaries of Science: Credibility on the Line,' by Thomas Gieryn.

Published
2000

12. Book reviews.

Author

Mallin, Irwin and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
MORAL Conflict (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Moral Conflict: When Social Worlds Collide,' by W. Barnett Pearce and Stephen W. Littlejohn.

Published
1999

14. RHETORICAL FIGURES IN SCIENCE.

Author

Gross, Alan and Peterson, Tarla

Subjects
*RHETORICAL criticism, *NONFICTION novel
Abstract

Reviews the book 'Rhetorical Figures in Science,' by Jeanne Fahnestock.

Published
2001

15. TELLING THE SUCCESS STORY (Book Review).

Author

Jackson, Sally and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
TELLING the Success Story (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Telling the Success Story: Acclaiming and Disclaiming Discourse,' by P.J. Benoit.

Published
2000

16. SPEAKING CHICANA (Book Review).

Author

Cantu, Rosalinda and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
SPEAKING Chicana (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Speaking Chicana: Voice, Power, and Identity,' edited by D. Letticia Galindo and Maria Dolores Gonzales.

Published
2000

17. CIVIC WARS (Book Review).

Author

Simonson, Peter and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
CIVIC Wars (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Civic Wars: Democracy and Public Life in the American City During the Nineteenth Century,' by Mary Ryan.

Published
2000

18. Book reviews.

Author

Price, David C. and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
MONITORING the News (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Monitoring the News: The Brilliant Launch and Sudden Collapse of the Monitor Channel,' by Susan Bridge.

Published
1999

19. Book reviews.

Author

Gonzalez, Alberto and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
RHETORICAL Career of Cesar Chavez, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Rhetorical Career of Cesar Chavez,' by John C. Hammerback and Richard J. Jensen.

Published
1999

20. Book reviews.

Author

Theodore, Alisse and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
SEX & Citizenship in Antebellum America (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America,' by Nancy Isenberg.

Published
1999

21. Book reviews.

Author

Beasley, Vanessa B. and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
POLITICALLY Speaking (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Politically Speaking: A Worldwide Examination of Language Used in the Public Sphere,' edited by Ofer Feldman and Christ'l De Landtsheer.

Published
1999

22. Book reviews.

Author

Brookey, Robert Alan and Peterson, Tarla R.

Subjects
FREEDOM to Differ (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Freedom to Differ: The Shaping of the Gay and Lesbian Struggle for Civil Rights,' by Diane Helene Miller.

Published
1999

23. Book Reviews.

Author

Wolfe, Dylan, Kirby, John T., Simpson, Jennifer S., Brookey, Robert Alan, Norton, Todd, and Peterson, Tarla Rai

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books. "Green Talk in the White House: The Rhetorical Presidency Encounters Ecology," edited by Tarla Rai Peterson; "Rhetoric Before and Beyond the Greeks," edited by Carol S. Lipson and Roberta A. Binkley; "Performing Purity: Whiteness, Pedagogy and the Reconstitution of Power," by John T. Warren; "Disciplining Gender: Rhetorics of Sex Identity in Contemporary U.S. Culture," by John M. Sloop; "Communication and Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making," edited by Stephen P. Depoe, John W. Delicath and Marie-France Aepli Elsenbeer.

Published
2005
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