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Author Edgar, Amanda Nell, 1981- author.

Title Culturally speaking : the rhetoric of voice and identity in a mediated culture / Amanda Nell Edgar
Published Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (x, 212 pages)
Series Intersectional rhetorics
Intersectional rhetorics.
Contents Introduction: Speaking identities -- Singing in the key of identity: Adele and the vocal intimacy of the blues -- Voicing Uncle Tom: the resonance of the south in Morgan Freeman's films -- Sounding presidential: Saturday Night Live and the politics of impersonation -- Whitevoice 2.0: online speech and comedians of color -- Conclusion: A call to listen
Summary "Analyzes prominent voices in American culture--including Morgan Freeman, Tina Fey, Barack Obama, Adele, Dave Chappelle, Richard Pryor, and George Lopez--to argue that voices reflect the cultural environments in which they are formed and can be studied to add a sonic dimension to our understanding of race and gender as rhetorically situated identities"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-206) and index
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Subject Voice -- Social aspects
Sound -- Social aspects
Rhetoric -- Social aspects
Rhetoric -- Political aspects.
Voice culture.
Voice Training
Language Arts & Disciplines / Rhetoric.
Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech & Pronunciation.
Language Arts & Disciplines.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
Rhetoric -- Political aspects
Rhetoric -- Social aspects
Voice culture
Voice -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0814277225
9780814277225