Rhetorical Touch Disability, Identification, Haptics |
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| Author:
| Walters, Shannon |
| Series title: | Studies in Rhetoric/Communication Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61117-383-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of South Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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Argues for an understanding of touch as a rhetorical art by approaching the sense of touch through the kinds of bodies and minds that rhetorical history and theory have tended to exclude. In resistance to a rhetorical tradition focused on shaping able bodies and neurotypical minds, Shannon Walters explores how people with various disabilities employ touch to establish themselves as communicators and to connect with disabled and non-disabled audiences.
Argues for an understanding of touch as a rhetorical art by approaching the sense of touch through the kinds of bodies and minds that rhetorical history and theory have tended to exclude. In resistance to a rhetorical tradition focused on shaping able bodies and neurotypical minds, Shannon Walters explores how people with various disabilities employ touch to establish themselves as communicators and to connect with disabled and non-disabled audiences.