Book Review| March 01 2018 The Bully Pulpit, Presidential Speeches, and the Shaping of Public Policy The Bully Pulpit, Presidential Speeches, and the Shaping of Public Policy. Edited by Jeffrey S. Ashley and Marla J. Jarmer. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2016; pp. vii + 266. $95.00 hardback; $94.99 ebook Justin Kirk Justin Kirk University of Kansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2018) 21 (1): 177–180. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0177 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Justin Kirk; The Bully Pulpit, Presidential Speeches, and the Shaping of Public Policy. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2018; 21 (1): 177–180. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0177 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2018 Rhetorics of Insecurity: Belonging and Violence in the Neoliberal Era Rhetorics of Insecurity: Belonging and Violence in the Neoliberal Era. Edited by Zeynep Gambetti and Marcial Gody-Anativia. New York: New York University Press, 2013. Texas A&M University Press, 1998; pp. viii + 258. $50.00 cloth. Evan Beaumont Center Evan Beaumont Center Christopher Newport University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2018) 21 (1): 183–186. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0183 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Evan Beaumont Center; Rhetorics of Insecurity: Belonging and Violence in the Neoliberal Era. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2018; 21 (1): 183–186. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0183 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Abstract On November 18, 1999, Texas A&M University (TAMU) experienced profound tragedy when the famed Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing 12 students and injuring 27 others. This essay examines the rhetorical dynamics of the TAMU Bonfire Memorial and explores how it navigates the tension created when a constitutive symbol is implicated in a moment of tragedy. Specifically, we use this case to explore how memorials help shape perceptions of victim agency in commemorative form. As we argue, the memorial taps into resonant modes of public reasoning—including temporal metaphors, Christian theology, and campus tradition—to imply the tragic outcome of the 1999 collapse had cause beyond human or institutional control. Our analysis of the Bonfire Memorial illustrates the importance of commemorative agency and, in particular, how eliding victim agency can limit epideictic encounters that might foster a sense of present and future engagement on unreconciled issues.

AbstractIn 2010, LeBron James, “The Chosen One,” humiliated Northeast Ohio by announcing on nationwide television that he was leaving the Cavaliers to play for Miami. James announced his return to Cleveland four years later through an open letter that set off euphoria in the region. This essay offers a postsecular framework to explain: (1) how James’s messianic image established a context in which his departure, in tandem with the way he announced his decision, made James a “sinner” in the eyes of Cleveland fans, and (2) how his open letter adapted the parable of the Prodigal Son to depict him as the son of Northeast Ohio who had made mistakes, rather than sinned and, simultaneously, as the wise father who was forgiving of others. James portrayed his departure as a necessary step in gaining maturity, yet—much like the Prodigal Son—admitted to a revelation about his relationship with Northeast Ohio.

Book Review| March 01 2018 Dark Ecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence Dark Ecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence. By Timothy Morton. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016; pp. xii + 191. $30.00 hardcover. T. Jake Dionne T. Jake Dionne University of Colorado Boulder Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2018) 21 (1): 189–192. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0189 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation T. Jake Dionne; Dark Ecology: For a Logic of Future Coexistence. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2018; 21 (1): 189–192. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0189 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2018 Clockwork Rhetoric: The Language and Style of Steampunk Clockwork Rhetoric: The Language and Style of Steampunk. Edited by Barry Brummett. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2014; pp. ix + 210. $60 hardback. Andrea J. Severson Andrea J. Severson Arizona State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2018) 21 (1): 180–183. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0180 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Andrea J. Severson; Clockwork Rhetoric: The Language and Style of Steampunk. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2018; 21 (1): 180–183. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0180 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2018 Kant’s Philosophy of Communication Kant’s Philosophy of Communication. By Gina L. Ercolini. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 2016; pp. viii + 251; $30 paper. Nathan Crick Nathan Crick Texas A&M University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2018) 21 (1): 186–189. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0186 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Nathan Crick; Kant’s Philosophy of Communication. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2018; 21 (1): 186–189. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0186 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2018 Transnational Feminist Rhetorics and Gendered Leadership in Global Politics: From Daughters of Destiny to Iron Ladies Transnational Feminist Rhetorics and Gendered Leadership in Global Politics: From Daughters of Destiny to Iron Ladies. By Rebecca S. Richards. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015; pp. vii + 231. $90.00 cloth. Tiara R. Na’puti Tiara R. Na’puti University of Colorado Boulder Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2018) 21 (1): 196–199. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0196 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Tiara R. Na’puti; Transnational Feminist Rhetorics and Gendered Leadership in Global Politics: From Daughters of Destiny to Iron Ladies. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2018; 21 (1): 196–199. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0196 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| March 01 2018 Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency. By David Greenberg. New York, NY: WW Norton, 2016; pp. xvii + 576. $35.00 cloth; $18.00 paper. Mary E. Stuckey Mary E. Stuckey Penn State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2018) 21 (1): 175–177. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0175 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Mary E. Stuckey; Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2018; 21 (1): 175–177. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0175 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Abstract Commemorating both the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and the subsequent Gay Liberation Movement, the Gay Liberation Monument projects a quiet, muted homosexuality that stands in sharp contrast to the courageous and violent assertion of homosexual identity that was Stonewall. Our essay examines this strange incongruity, revealing in the process the homosentimental style—a unique rhetorical form that attempts to negotiate the many contradictory motives animating LGBT advocacy. The Gay Liberation Monument’s use of homosentimentality refracts in many directions, simultaneously challenging dehumanizing rhetorics with affective appeals to care and friendship, presenting itself as assimilationist even as it offers coded indices of clone culture, and producing a doubled homosexual body—at once assimilationist and queer. Both the monument and the homosentimental style thus pose a challenge to binary conceptualizations of LGBT rights advocacy that separate assimilationist and queer politics.

Review Article| March 01 2018 Materialism(s) in Recent Visual Rhetorical Histories: A Commentary Making Photography Matter: A Viewer’s History from the Civil War to the Great Depression. By Cara A. Finnegan. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2015; pp. xiii + 240. $50.00 cloth.Posters for Peace: Visual Rhetoric and Civic Action. By Thomas W. Benson. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015; pp. viii + 214. $29.95 paper.Still Life with Rhetoric: A New Materialist Approach for Visual Rhetorics. By Laurie E. Gries. Boulder, CO: Utah State University Press, 2015; pp. xxiii +311. $27.95 paper. Eric Scott Jenkins Eric Scott Jenkins Eric Scott Jenkins is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2018) 21 (1): 157–174. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0157 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Eric Scott Jenkins; Materialism(s) in Recent Visual Rhetorical Histories: A Commentary. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 March 2018; 21 (1): 157–174. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.21.1.0157 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2018 Michigan State University Board of Trustees2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: REVIEW ESSAY You do not currently have access to this content.

Abstract The execution of captured Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh in February 2015 by Daesh (or ISIS) forces generated large public outcry in Jordan and thereby presented the regime of King Abdullah II with a moment of danger. In response to this rhetorical situation, the Abdullah regime engaged in rhetorics of enemyship based on appeals to religious orthodoxy, authoritarian ideology, and apocalyptic language. By examining these texts, this essay seeks to draw from contemporary rhetorical scholarship on terrorism, enemyship, and mass violence to expand the heuristic scope of the rhetoric of enemyship to include political rhetoric situated outside democratic contexts.

Book Review| December 01 2017 Storm of Words: Science, Religion, and Evolution in the Civil War Era Storm of Words: Science, Religion, and Evolution in the Civil War Era. By Monte Harrell Hampton. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2014; pp. ix + 345. $59.95 cloth. Thomas M. Lessl Thomas M. Lessl University of Georgia Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (4): 764–767. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0764 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Thomas M. Lessl; Storm of Words: Science, Religion, and Evolution in the Civil War Era. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2017; 20 (4): 764–767. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0764 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| December 01 2017 Considering Political Identity: Conservatives, Republicans, and Donald Trump Michael J. Lee Michael J. Lee Michael J. Lee is Associate Professor Communication at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. He can be reached at leem@cofc.edu. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (4): 719–730. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0719 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Michael J. Lee; Considering Political Identity: Conservatives, Republicans, and Donald Trump. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2017; 20 (4): 719–730. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0719 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: ARTICLES You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| December 01 2017 Stepping into Zion: Hatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and the Remaking of Jewish Identity Stepping into Zion: Hatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and the Remaking of Jewish Identity. By Janice W. Fernheimer. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2014; pp. 216. $39.95 cloth; $39.95 ebook. Dana Anderson Dana Anderson Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (4): 760–764. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0760 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Dana Anderson; Stepping into Zion: Hatzaad Harishon, Black Jews, and the Remaking of Jewish Identity. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2017; 20 (4): 760–764. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0760 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| December 01 2017 Just Remembering: Rhetorics of Genocide Remembrance and Sociopolitical Judgment Just Remembering: Rhetorics of Genocide Remembrance and Sociopolitical Judgment. By Michael Warren Tumolo. Lanham, MD: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2015; pp. viii + 97. $60.00 cloth. Bradley A. Serber Bradley A. Serber Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (4): 754–756. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0754 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Bradley A. Serber; Just Remembering: Rhetorics of Genocide Remembrance and Sociopolitical Judgment. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2017; 20 (4): 754–756. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0754 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| December 01 2017 Performing Native Rhetorics of Resistance and Identity American Indians and the Rhetoric of Removal and Allotment. By Jason Edward Black. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2015; pp. 228. $65.00 hardback.The Erotics of Sovereignty: Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination. By Mark Rifkin. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012; pp. 352. $25.00 paperback.Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations. By Mishuana Goeman. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013; pp. 256. $75.00 cloth; $25.00 paperback.Native Acts: Indian Performance, 1603–1832. Edited by David Bellin Joshua and Laura L. Mielke. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011; pp. 344. $35.00 paperback. Christy-Dale L. Sims Christy-Dale L. Sims Christy-Dale L. Sims was a Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor in the Communication Studies Department of the University of Denver at the time of writing. She can be reached at Christy-Dale.Sims@DU.edu. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (4): 731–750. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0731 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Christy-Dale L. Sims; Performing Native Rhetorics of Resistance and Identity. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2017; 20 (4): 731–750. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0731 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| December 01 2017 Obama, Trump, and Reflections on the Rhetoric of Political Change Denise M. Bostdorff Denise M. Bostdorff Denise M. Bostdorff is Professor of Communication at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (4): 695–706. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0695 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Denise M. Bostdorff; Obama, Trump, and Reflections on the Rhetoric of Political Change. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2017; 20 (4): 695–706. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0695 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: ARTICLES You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| December 01 2017 The New York Young Lords and the Struggle for Liberation The New York Young Lords and the Struggle for Liberation. By Darrel Wanzer-Serrano. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2015; pp. xiv + 229. $84.50 cloth; $29.95 paper; $29.95 ebook. J. David Cisneros J. David Cisneros University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (4): 756–760. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0756 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation J. David Cisneros; The New York Young Lords and the Struggle for Liberation. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2017; 20 (4): 756–760. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0756 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

Research Article| December 01 2017 Trump's Unwitting Prophecy Robert L. Ivie Robert L. Ivie Robert L. Ivie is Professor Emeritus of English (Rhetoric) and American Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (4): 707–718. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0707 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Robert L. Ivie; Trump's Unwitting Prophecy. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2017; 20 (4): 707–718. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0707 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Abstract This essay argues that President Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address used a perfected and condensed form of ultimate definition consisting of an ideological argument, an underlying mythic narrative, and a value system. These three components served to redefine the American Dream and to reinforce the limited role of government, placing the responsibility for curing America’s ills on the individual rather than the federal government.

Abstract This essay traces how Ronald Reagan’s invocation of Lenny Skutnik in his 1982 State of the Union address inaugurated a new generic norm for the president’s annual message to Congress. We argue that the invocation of a “Skutnik” enables presidents to display—both rhetorically and physically—the civic ideals they wish to laud, the national issues they deem important, and policy proposals they want to advance. When U.S. presidents honor individual citizens and seat them in the House Gallery before the nation and the world, these “Skutniks” fuse the judicial, epideictic, and deliberative characteristics of the State of the Union address. Abstract values and complicated policy agendas are simplified—and vivified—before the eyes. The body of the “Skutnik,” we argue, is particularly persuasive because it offers a physical representation of the overall body politic, a living, breathing metaphor testifying that the state of the union is, in fact, strong.

Abstract Conventional wisdom states that leftover frustrations from World War I necessitated an incremental rhetorical strategy for interventionists in the buildup to World War II. However, such considerations often miss another factor that bolstered American isolationism: anti-Semitism. In the interwar period, America saw a sharp uptick in anti-Semitic organizations that preached a vehement isolationist message. Because of this environment, interventionist rhetors, particularly Jewish rhetors, were denied access to traditional rhetorical resources. In response, one group turned to one of the few outlets available: comic books. Through allegory, a rhetorical form that combines an entertaining surface narrative with a strong but hidden ideological argument, these rhetors were able to reach broad audiences with interventionist messages from behind the veil of comic book adventures. This essay examines the ways in which one of those comic book characters, Captain America, was purposefully constructed to be an allegorical argument for intervention. Through a careful interplay of visuals and narrative themes, his creators made a compelling case for America’s involvement in the war.

Other| December 01 2017 American Elections and the Rhetoric of Political Change: Hyperbole, Anger, and Hope in U.S. Politics Mary E. Stuckey Mary E. Stuckey Mary E. Stuckey is Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Penn State University in University Park. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (4): 667–694. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0667 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Mary E. Stuckey; American Elections and the Rhetoric of Political Change: Hyperbole, Anger, and Hope in U.S. Politics. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 December 2017; 20 (4): 667–694. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.4.0667 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Other| September 01 2017 Dynasties and Democracy Mary E. Stuckey Mary E. Stuckey Mary E. Stuckey is Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at Penn State University, University Park. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (3): 539–544. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0539 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Mary E. Stuckey; Dynasties and Democracy. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2017; 20 (3): 539–544. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0539 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Other| September 01 2017 Racial Presidentialities: Narratives of Latinxs in the 2016 Campaign J. David Cisneros J. David Cisneros J. David Cisneros is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (3): 511–524. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0511 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation J. David Cisneros; Racial Presidentialities: Narratives of Latinxs in the 2016 Campaign. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2017; 20 (3): 511–524. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0511 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Forum: The 2016 Presidential Primary: Rhetoric, Identity, and Presidentiality in the Post-Obama Era You do not currently have access to this content.

Other| September 01 2017 Presidential Pioneer or Campaign Queen?: Hillary Clinton and the First-Timer/Frontrunner Double Bind Karrin Vasby Anderson Karrin Vasby Anderson Karrin Vasby Anderson is Professor of Communication Studies at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (3): 525–538. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0525 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Karrin Vasby Anderson; Presidential Pioneer or Campaign Queen?: Hillary Clinton and the First-Timer/Frontrunner Double Bind. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2017; 20 (3): 525–538. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0525 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Abstract In this project, I argue that J. Edgar Hoover’s style of political realism should be studied by critics because it long preceded that of President Harry S. Truman. The style belonged to a stockpile of anti-Communist imagery that helped to shape how the Truman Doctrine speech was drafted and how audiences interpreted its meanings in more local domestic politics. When Truman finally announced that the Soviet Union had challenged international protocol, I argue that he confirmed the vision that his Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director and other detractors had developed throughout the New Deal to discredit reformers who challenged issues of race, labor, and police technique. In this way, anti-Communist containment rhetoric limited the president’s ability to control the domestic security and economic agendas. The stockpile of anti-Communist discourse belonged to, I also argue, a relative of political realism—literary realism and its spinoff, literary naturalism. My final argument is that the FBI director refurbished key tropes in the stockpile, which helped Truman’s congressional opponents invoke Hoover’s authority within the executive branch and thereby displace the president’s credibility as commander in chief. Combined, Hoover and his allies in Congress and elsewhere used rhetorical realism to communicate a deterministic philosophy about human nature through a diffuse mythic narrative, coordinated between Congress, Hollywood, the press, and official FBI discourse.

Book Review| September 01 2017 Rhetoric and the Gift: Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Contemporary Communication Rhetoric and the Gift: Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Contemporary Communication. By Mari Lee Mifsud. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 2016; pp. xi + 186. $25.00 paper. Michele Kennerly Michele Kennerly Penn State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (3): 557–560. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0557 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Michele Kennerly; Rhetoric and the Gift: Ancient Rhetorical Theory and Contemporary Communication. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2017; 20 (3): 557–560. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0557 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2017 Culture, Catastrophe, and Rhetoric: The Texture of Political Action Culture, Catastrophe, and Rhetoric: The Texture of Political Action. by Robert Hariman and Ralph Cintron. New York: Berghahn, 2015; pp. 274. $95.00 paper. José G. Izaguirre, III José G. Izaguirre, III University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (3): 566–569. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0566 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation José G. Izaguirre; Culture, Catastrophe, and Rhetoric: The Texture of Political Action. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2017; 20 (3): 566–569. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0566 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Abstract This article situates the entrenchment of an American commitment to home ownership at a critical moment in U.S. history—the passage of the National Housing Act of 1934 (NHA). An examination of the introduction, deliberation, and promotion of the legislation reveals how policymakers concretized the value and civic import of residential property. The analysis shows how policymakers, housing advocates, and NHA skeptics collectively framed borrowing for home ownership to be a progressive, secure, and patriotic investment. The NHA discourse illustrates the power of policy rhetoric to define American experiences and prescribe American values.

In 2008, when Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States, many heralded the arrival of a post-racial era. Some were cautious, others seemed to throw caution to the wind, but there was a widespread appreciation, or anticipation, that something new was happening with regard to the role of race in U.S. politics. Daniel Schorr, for example, on National Public Radio’s (NPR’s) All Things Considered, reported that “post-racial” was “the latest buzz word in the political lexicon”; Matt Bai, in the New York Times Magazine, wondered if “black politics might now be disappearing into American politics in the same way that the Irish and Italian machines long ago joined the political mainstream”; writing for Forbes, John McWhorter acknowledged that “nothing magically changed when Obama was declared president-elect” but went on to argue that “the election of Obama proved, as nothing else could have,” that racism against African Americans in the United States is no longer “a serious problem.”

Abstract The experiences of defeat and occupation by Germany and liberation by the Allies wrought considerable gender damage upon France during the Second World War. In this essay, I examine appropriations of “Quand Madelon,” a popular World War I song that reemerged during the early weeks of France’s liberation, arguing that these appropriations offered one discursive resource by which patriots reasserted the manly strength of their nation. By reviving old archetypal notions of eroticized, subservient femininity and tough, virile masculinity, the tunes exerted discipline over “wayward” French women and eased gendered anxieties about the nation’s ability to reclaim its status as a sovereign nation. Courting widespread favor, even among French women, the songs made this gender discipline more palatable by pairing it with visions of a sexualized, civically engaged womanhood.

Other| September 01 2017 No Joke: Silent Jesters and Comedic Refusals Jonathan P. Rossing Jonathan P. Rossing Jonathan P. Rossing is Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Chair at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (3): 545–556. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0545 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Jonathan P. Rossing; No Joke: Silent Jesters and Comedic Refusals. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2017; 20 (3): 545–556. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0545 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Forum: The 2016 Presidential Primary: Rhetoric, Identity, and Presidentiality in the Post-Obama Era You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2017 The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes. By Han Baltussen and Peter J. Davis. University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia, 2015; pp. vi + 329. $79.95/£52.00 cloth; $79.95/£52.00 ebook. Trevor C. Meyer Trevor C. Meyer University of South Carolina Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (3): 560–563. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0560 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Trevor C. Meyer; The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2017; 20 (3): 560–563. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0560 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| September 01 2017 The Rhetorical Invention of Man: A History of Distinguishing Humans from Other Animals The Rhetorical Invention of Man: A History of Distinguishing Humans from Other Animals. By Greg Goodale. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015, pp. vii + 181. $80.00 cloth; $79.99 e-book. Mary Trachsel Mary Trachsel University of Iowa Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (3): 563–566. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0563 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Mary Trachsel; The Rhetorical Invention of Man: A History of Distinguishing Humans from Other Animals. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 September 2017; 20 (3): 563–566. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.3.0563 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2017 Contemporary Rhetorical Citizenship Contemporary Rhetorical Citizenship. Edited by Christian Kock and Lisa Villadsen. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2014; pp. 5 + 349. $54.50 paper. Sara R. Kitsch Sara R. Kitsch Texas A&M University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (2): 363–368. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0363 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Sara R. Kitsch; Contemporary Rhetorical Citizenship. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2017; 20 (2): 363–368. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0363 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Book Reviews You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2017 Signs of Pathology: U.S. Medical Rhetoric on Abortion, 1800s–1960s Signs of Pathology: U.S. Medical Rhetoric on Abortion, 1800s–1960s. By Nathan Stormer. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2014; pp. 256. $69.95 cloth. S. Scott Graham S. Scott Graham University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (2): 372–380. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0372 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation S. Scott Graham; Signs of Pathology: U.S. Medical Rhetoric on Abortion, 1800s–1960s. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2017; 20 (2): 372–380. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0372 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2017 Rhetoric in American Anthropology: Gender, Genre, and Science Rhetoric in American Anthropology: Gender, Genre, and Science. By Risa Applegarth. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014; pp. x + 267. $27.95 paper. Ann George Ann George Texas Christian University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (2): 376–384. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0376 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Ann George; Rhetoric in American Anthropology: Gender, Genre, and Science. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2017; 20 (2): 376–384. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0376 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2017 Rhetoric and Power: The Drama of Classical Greece Rhetoric and Power: The Drama of Classical Greece. By Nathan Crick. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2015; pp. ix + 260. $59.95 cloth. Kristine Bruss Kristine Bruss Independent Scholar Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (2): 360–364. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0360 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Kristine Bruss; Rhetoric and Power: The Drama of Classical Greece. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2017; 20 (2): 360–364. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0360 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Abstract In 1961, the American Medical Association (AMA) funded a persuasive campaign called Operation Coffeecup. The campaign, which was designed to defeat Medicare, featured a speech by a young Ronald Reagan outlining the dangers of “socialized medicine.” The speech was recorded on a long-play record and distributed to the Women’s Auxiliary of the AMA, a group primarily composed of the wives of doctors who were instructed to write seemingly spontaneous letters to Congress detailing their opposition to the program. This essay investigates Operation Coffeecup mainly through a rhetorical analysis of Reagan’s speech. I argue that “socialized medicine” drew upon a problematic articulation of American culture that privileges the individual at the expense of the larger community. I conclude by discussing the thread of individualism that has persisted in the United States from the pre-Depression era mythos of rugged individualism to neoliberal discourses that shape debates about health policy today.

Abstract Drawing on stasis theory, this essay explores how the debate frame functions within U.S. journalism. Using the news coverage of Marissa Mayer’s coinciding pregnancy and promotion to Yahoo! CEO and the reportage of Hillary Clinton’s upcoming grandchild during the 2016 precampaign as case studies, I develop a two-part argument. First, by analyzing the rhetorical mechanisms within this media debate, I demonstrate how the debate frame makes facts themselves infinitely debatable, thereby stagnating this public debate at the stasis of fact. This ultimately perpetuates the “having it all” debate—and its sexist assumptions. Second, I consider the escape routes out of this dominant discourse, analyzing how arguments maneuver beyond the stasis of fact to consider policy reforms regarding women in the workplace.

Abstract The South China Sea is the world’s busiest and most important waterway, serving as the crossroads of global capitalism and the connective tissue of Southeast Asia. With shipping routes, underwater resources, and hundreds of small islands claimed by Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and others, the area stands among the world’s most contested regions. Since 1945, the United States Navy has dominated the area, but that hegemony is now in question as the People’s Republic of China (PRC) becomes more assertive as a rising power. In efforts to justify their clashing claims over the region, the United States and the PRC have launched campaigns against each other, producing a rhetorical crisis that may foreshadow war. To try to make sense of the rhetoric driving this crisis, the first part of this essay unpacks some of the colorful history of the South China Sea—its legacy of rogues, pirates, opium wars, and so on—to argue that it has always been less of a governed and ordered place and more of a transitory and heterodox space crisscrossed by overlapping intentions, designs, and dreams. From this perspective, any nation’s claims to sovereignty are fictions that aspire to be constitutive, albeit by erasing the constitutive claims of others. The second section of the essay then addresses the PRC’s use of “traumatized nationalism” to advocate for its rights in the South China Sea, while the third section tackles the United States’ use of “belligerent humanitarianism” to justify its actions. The essay concludes with an appeal for a postnational version of shared governance, called for in the name of defending the global commons from the militarized encroachments of nation-states.

Book Review| June 01 2017 Deep Rhetoric: Philosophy, Reason, Violence, Justice, Wisdom Deep Rhetoric: Philosophy, Reason, Violence, Justice, Wisdom. By James Crosswhite. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2013; pp. xiii + 407. $113.00 cloth; $38.00 paper. Sarah Burgess Sarah Burgess University of San Francisco Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (2): 366–372. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0366 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Sarah Burgess; Deep Rhetoric: Philosophy, Reason, Violence, Justice, Wisdom. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2017; 20 (2): 366–372. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0366 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

Book Review| June 01 2017 Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century. By Stephanie LeMenager. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014; pp. xi + 288. $53 cloth; $24.95 paper. Kathleen M. de Onís Kathleen M. de Onís Indiana University, Bloomington Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Rhetoric and Public Affairs (2017) 20 (2): 380–388. https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0380 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Kathleen M. de Onís; Living Oil: Petroleum Culture in the American Century. Rhetoric and Public Affairs 1 June 2017; 20 (2): 380–388. doi: https://doi.org/10.14321/rhetpublaffa.20.2.0380 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveMichigan State University PressRhetoric and Public Affairs Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. © 2017 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.2017 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.