Toward a rhetoric of insult /

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Author / Creator:Conley, Thomas M., 1941-
Imprint:Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 132 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11216868
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ISBN:9780226114798
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Conley, Thomas M., 1941- Toward a rhetoric of insult. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010 9780226114774
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