Rhetoric Society Quarterly May 2011

Special Issue on Human Rights Rhetoric: Traditions of Testifying and Witnessing

Arabella Lyon University at Buffalo, State University of New York ; Lester C. Olson University of Pittsburgh

Abstract

Rhetoric scholars have developed approaches to both civil and human rights as political, ethical, and academic discourses. Such approaches include examining the development and reproduction of hierarchies, the politics of representation, and the relationships among symbols, audiences consisting of disparate communities, rights, and rights events. After an overview of rhetorical contributions, as well as risks and limitations of a rhetoric approach to human rights, this introduction turns to the focus of the special issue: testifying and witnessing as a way to scrutinize the roles of bystanders to rights atrocities and the responses of listeners who may be rights committed or not.

Journal
Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published
2011-05-01
DOI
10.1080/02773945.2011.575321
Open Access
Closed

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