Examines the relationship of civic discourse to built environments through a case study of the Cabrini Green urban revitalization project in Chicago.

Examines the rhetorical role of images in communicating environmental ideas.

Case study of the life of a feminist organization in a changing political and funding climate.

Shows how death education can be brought from the healing professions to the literature classroom.

Challenges an autonomous model of literacy instruction in favor of one that recognizes and builds on students’ facility in navigating other rhetorical contexts.

Traces the rhetorical work of the gene in scientific and nonscientific discourse throughout the twentieth century.

Intertwines identity and culture to demonstrate how identity is negotiated over a given history.

Takes a firsthand look at a case of public participation in environmental policy.

Engages the complexities of teaching Latino/a students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

The first sourcebook for rethinking technical communication theory, practice, pedagogy, and research through a cultural studies lens.

Recounts the fake news stories, written from 1830 to 1880, about scientific and technological discoveries, and the effect these hoaxes had on readers and their trust in science.

An in-depth look at the history of plagiarism in light of today’s Web-based plagiarism detection services.

Affirms the power of writing to memorialize loss and work through grief.

Examines why some working-class students pursue higher literacy while others don’t.

Offers an extended critique of key assumptions in composition theory and a new paradigm for thinking about writing in an increasingly globalized and textualized world.

An intensive examination of the theoretical writings of cultural and literary critic Stanley Fish.

Examines the ways Daoist (Taoist) thought may contribute to an understanding of human communication.

Analyzing their own responses to national traumas, writing teachers question both the purposes and pedagogies of teaching writing.

A critique of public policy rhetoric from multiple feminist perspectives.

Explores personal and professional issues in the study of race, gender, and culture.

Including interviews with several of America's leading environmental writers, this volume addresses the intersections between writing and nature.

Interrogates the story of rhetoric promoted in standard historical accounts and reconsiders the relationship between rhetorical theory, practice, and pedagogy.

Exemplifies the struggles of scholars to work toward a more shared agenda for social change.

Links radical feminist writings of the 1960s and 1970s to contemporary online women's networks.

Offers a fundamental rethinking of the rhetorical tradition as dialogue.