Rhetorical Listening: A Trope for Interpretive Invention and a “Code of Cross-Cultural Conduct”

College Composition and Communication Dec 1999

Rhetorical Listening: A Trope for Interpretive Invention and a “Code of Cross-Cultural Conduct”

Krista Ratcliffe

Abstract

I make the following moves in this article: (1) I briefly trace how rhetorical listening emerged in my thinking; (2) I explore disciplinary and cultural biases that subordinate listening to reading and writing and speaking; (3) I speculate why listening is needed; (4) I offer an extended definition of rhetorical listening as a trope for interpretive invention; (5) I demonstrate how it may be employed as a code of cross-cultural conduct; and (6) I listen to a student’s listening.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 1999-12-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc19991373
Open Access: Closed
Topics: race and writing multilingual writers

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