Monday, October 25, 2010

Critical Perspective


Hello all avid readers of Richardson’s rhetoric, as I prepare for the next stage in my term paper, I need some help.  Currently I am drafting a list of readings for my critical perspective. 

Overall, my project looks at the intersection of public memory and visual politics.  Here is my list so far:


Deluca- Image Politics
Vivian- Public Forgetting
Phillips- Public Memory
Edelman- The symbolic uses of politics
Hariman and Lucaites: No caption needed
Prelli- Rhetorics of Displays (edited volume)
Olson, Finnegan, and Hope: Visual Rhetoric (edited volume)
Habermas- The public sphere
W.J.T. Mitchell- What do pictures want
Sturken- Tangled Memories


My goal is to research how visual politics function in the public sphere of American address.  There are several concepts I’m considering exploring such as: Participatory Democracy, Cultural Memories, Public Forgetting, rational discourse in a public sphere, and emotional management. 


Please let me know if you have any suggestions.  

1 comment:

  1. I'm not familiar with visual rhetoric specifically, Dave. However, I'm wondering if you've considered including some readings from the more poststructural-rhetorical perspective. I know, I know, you're not necessarily a Foucault person - and I'm not saying that you should be. However, I would contend that anything that includes Habermas should at least attempt to address Foucault.

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