Somatic Metaphors: Embodied Recognition of Rhetorical Opportunities

Rhetoric Review Oct 2014

Somatic Metaphors: Embodied Recognition of Rhetorical Opportunities

Jennifer Lin LeMesurier University of Washington

Abstract

If bodies and discourse are always interpenetrated and mutually influencing, rhetoricians need ways to consider how it is possible to evoke embodied effects with rhetorical force via discursive tools. This article discusses how the use of somatic metaphors, metaphors crafted to revive remembered embodied experience in the mover’s consciousness, allows access to the ideological, political, and affective ties formed in the original embodied performance. Repeated exposure to this metaphoric resurrection of the past creates a kairotic awareness where remembered embodiments are viewed as potential rhetorical resources.

Journal: Rhetoric Review
Published: 2014-10-02
DOI: 10.1080/07350198.2014.946868
Open Access: Closed
Topics: body and rhetoric

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