Working-class rhetorics : contemporary memoirs and analyses / edited by Jennifer Beech and Matthew Wayne Guy.
"As the recent pandemic illustrated, many folks are only one or two paychecks away from bankruptcy. The economic disparities made starkly clear in the wake of shutdowns have brought home the need for thinking critically about class in ways that many U.S. citizens have traditionally resisted. Th...
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| Contributors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2021]
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| Series: | Critical media literacies series ;
v. 9. |
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| Summary: | "As the recent pandemic illustrated, many folks are only one or two paychecks away from bankruptcy. The economic disparities made starkly clear in the wake of shutdowns have brought home the need for thinking critically about class in ways that many U.S. citizens have traditionally resisted. This collection of memoirs and cultural analyses by established and newer scholars from a variety of disciplines seeks to reintroduce class in sophisticated, yet accessible, ways so that students may increase their critical literacy and consider the power of rhetoric to fight for equitable distribution of income and class power"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004501508 9004501509 |
| ISSN: | 2666-4097 ; |