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"Apology Made to Whoever Pleases": Cultural Discipline and the Grounds of Interpretation
(Eastern Communication Association, 1994)
After reviewing contemporary cultural and media scholarship that emphasizes the role of audiences in creating resistant readings of texts, this essay suggests that such audience-oriented theories should be re-supplemented ...
The Critique of Vernacular Discourse
(Speech Communication Association, 1995-03)
Critical rhetoricians should, by criticizing vernacular discourse, follow the path of those who have discussed the rhetoric of the oppressed. The critique of powerful discourse has broad "historical" impact and therefore ...
The Emperor's New Makeup: Cool Cynicism and Popular Music Criticism
(Bowling Green State University. Dept. of Sociology, 1999)
"The Parent I Never Had": The Contemporary Construction of Alternatives to Incarceration
(Central States Communication Association (U.S.), 1992)
This essay is developed along two lines. First, I investigate contemporary arguments and public discussions from which the concept of "alternative punishments" is being constructed and speculate about the influence of these ...
Critical Rhetorics of Controversy
(Western States Communication Association, 1999)
We appreciate the opportunity to respond to the many issues raised in Kendall Phillips's (1999a) essay "A Rhetoric of Controversy" and Thomas Goodnight's (1999) essay/response "Mssrs. Dinkins, Rangel and Savage in Colloquy ...
The Politics of Authenticity in Postmodern Rock Culture: The Case of Negativland and The Letter "U" and the Numeral "2"
(Speech Communication Association, 1998-03)
Based on recent concerns with the notion of authenticity and effective politics in contemporary popular culture and scholarship on culture, this essay uses a case study of the legal and popular controversy surrounding the ...