Rhetoric Society Quarterly Jul 2006 Open Access

Rhetorics, Bodies, and Everyday Life

Debra Hawhee University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Abstract

This article reflects on potential pedagogical implications of Bodily Arts: Rhetoric and Athletics in Ancient Greece by connecting it with other recent publications on rhetoric's rhetoric, space, mobility, as instantiated in everyday practices. The resulting account considers words, images, and bodies as part of the rhetorical enterprise.

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Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published
2006-07-01
DOI
10.1080/02773940600605487
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