Rhetoric Review Jul 2011

Rhetorical Historiography and the Octalogs

Lois Agnew Syracuse University ; James J. Murphy University of California, Davis ; Cheryl Glenn Pennsylvania State University ; Nan Johnson ; Jan Swearingen Texas A&M University ; Richard Leo Enos Texas Christian University ; Jasper Neel Southern Methodist University ; Linda Ferreira-Buckley ; Janice Lauer Rice Purdue University West Lafayette ; Janet M. Atwill University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Kathleen Ethel Welch ; Roxanne Mountford University of Kentucky ; Thomas Miller ; Victor J. Vitanza Clemson University

Abstract

The phenomenon of the Octalog came into being at the 1988 CCCC when James J. Murphy, with support from Theresa Enos and Stuart Brown, proposed and chaired a roundtable composed of eight distinguish...

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Rhetoric Review
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2011-07-01
DOI
10.1080/07350198.2011.581935
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    Feminist Rhetorical Practices: In Search of Excellence
    College Composition and Communication
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    The politics of historiography
    Rhetoric Review
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  1. Enos et al. (1997)
    Octalog II: The (continuing) politics of historiography (Dedicated to the memor…
    Rhetoric Review
  2. Agnew et al. (2011)
    Octalog III: The Politics of Historiography in 2010
    Rhetoric Review
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