| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 132 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The range of insult -- Terms of abuse: the lexical approach -- Beyond the lexicon -- Non-verbal "terms" -- The problem of the intrinsic -- Traditional principles of insult -- Sex, lies, and rhetorical community -- All those nauseous epigrams of Martial -- The domestication of Sir John Falstaff -- "i shall taunt you a second time-a!": Monty Python -- Just add a dash of theology -- Lines and storylines -- Doing the dozens -- Mind your manners -- Insults as "rhetoric" -- Beyond "traditional" rhetoric -- The paradox of insult -- The economics of shame -- Maintaining vs. interrogating hierarchies -- Enforcing "civility" -- The aesthetic angle -- Ad bellum purificandum? -- A parting shot |
| Summary |
From high school cafeterias to the floor of Congress, insult is a truly universal and ubiquitous cultural practice with a long and earthy history. And yet, this most human of human behaviors has rarely been the subject of organized and comprehensive attention--until Toward a Rhetoric of Insult. Viewed through the lens of the study of rhetoric, insult, Thomas M. Conley argues, is revealed as at once antisocial and crucial for human relations, both divisive and unifying. Explaining how this works and what exactly makes up a rhetoric of insult prompts Conley to range across the vast and splendidly |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Invective.
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Rhetoric
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rhetoric (discipline)
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HUMOR -- Form -- Parodies.
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Invective
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Rhetoric
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Belediging.
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Retorica.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009032306 |
| ISBN |
9780226114798 |
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0226114791 |
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0226114775 |
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9780226114774 |
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