Rhetoric and Social Relations : : Dialectics of Bonding and Contestation / / ed. by Shauna LaTosky, Jon Abbink.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Abbink, Jon,; Bird-David, Nurit,; Girke, Felix,; LaTosky, Shauna,; Lydall, Jean,; Mokrzan, Michał,; Pelkey, Jamin,; Peveri, Valentina,; Reichenbach, Anke,; Rochemont, Susan du Mesnil de,; Strecker, Ivo,; Strohmenger, Steffen,; Zeitlyn, David,
• HerausgeberIn: Abbink, Jon,; LaTosky, Shauna,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Rhetoric and Culture ; 8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface --; Part I. Positioning --; Introduction. Rhetoric in Social Relations --; 1. Embodied Chiasmus: From Alienation to Participation --; Part II. Bonding --; 2. Kinship: Mother and Child of Rhetoric --; 3. What Do Kinship Terms Do? The Dual Life of Kinship Words in English-Written Hunter-Gatherers’ Ethnography --; 4. The Rhetoric of Kinship: ‘Doing Kinship’ – Some Mambila Cases --; 5. Establishing Ethos: The Rhetorical Work of Bondfriendship --; 6. The Rhetorics of Purging among the Mun (Mursi) of Southern Ethiopia --; 7. The Art of Playing Tuql: How to ‘Make’ Love in Egypt --; 8. Enculturation as Rhetorical Practice --; Part III. Contestation --; 9. Sweet Tongues: The Rhetoric of Politeness in Damascus --; 10. Words and Images: A Cross-cultural View on Swearing as a Rhetorical Strategy in Social Relations --; 11. Flavouring the Nation: Th e Rhetoric of Nutrition Policies in Ethiopia --; 12. Power Relations in Suri: Rhetoric in Public Speech and Action --; 13. Inducement to Action and Change in Attitude: Coaching in the Light of Rhetorical Anthropology --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789209785; 9783110997675
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789209785?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Shauna LaTosky, Jon Abbink.

This volume explores the constitutive role of rhetoric in socio-cultural relations, where discursive persuasion is so important, and contains both theoretical chapters as well as fascinating examples of the ambiguities and effects of rhetoric used (un)consciously in social praxis. The elements of power, competition and political persuasion figure prominently. It is an accessible collection of studies, speaking to common issues and problems in social life, and shows the heuristic and often explanatory value of the rhetorical perspective.