Quiet Defiance by David W. Seitz - ISBN: 9781666938999
Hardcover
Silence speaks volumes: Uncover the power of silent protest.

Quiet Defiance

The Rhetoric of Silent Protest

  • Hardcover

    410 pages

  • Release Date

    14 February 2025

Summary

Quiet Defiance: The Unspoken Power of Protest

Quiet Defiance: The Rhetoric of Silent Protest focuses on the rhetorical dimensions and power of silent protest. Bridging the gap between the study of protest and the study of rhetorical silence (strategic silence meant to communicate to and influence an audience), this book is the first of its kind to concentrate solely on the phenomenon and tradition of silent protest.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781666938999
ISBN-10:1666938998
Author:David W. Seitz, D. Graham Burnett
Publisher:Lexington Books
Imprint:Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:410
Release Date:14 February 2025
Series:Lexington Studies in Contemporary Rhetoric
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Critics Review

Quiet Defiance: A Rhetoric Silent Protest is a thought-provoking collection, offering insight into forms of silent resistance that range from blank signs to prison strikes to nonvoting. Individual chapters offer fresh perspective on these and other cases. As a whole, the collection takes seriously and engages meaningfully with the scholarly traditions around each of its key terms, rhetoric, silence, and protest, and will be an invaluable resource for scholars interested in these areas. – Michelle Gibbons, University of New HampshireThese essays are both focused and far-reaching, suggesting new avenues for the study of both protest rhetoric and nonverbal/non-logocentric rhetoric. In a world with almost too many words, sometimes a lack of words can speak most powerfully … Highly recommended [for] general readers through faculty; professionals. * CHOICE *

About The Author

David W. Seitz

David W. Seitz is associate professor of communication at Penn State Mont Alto.

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