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Rhetorical Realism: Rhetoric, Ethics, and the Ontology of Things (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication)
by Scot BarnettRhetorical Realism responds to the surging interest in nonhumans across the humanities by exploring how realist commitments have historically accompanied understandings of rhetoric from antiquity to the present. For a discipline that often defines itself according to human speech and writing, the nonhuman turn poses a number of challenges and opportunities for rhetoric. To date, many of the responses to the nonhuman turn in rhetoric have sought to address rhetoric’s compatibility with new conceptions of materiality. In Rhetorical Realism, Scot Barnett extends this work by transforming it into a new historiographic methodology attuned to the presence and occlusion of things in rhetorical history. Through investigations of rhetoric’s place in Aristotelian metaphysics, the language invention movement of the seventeenth century, and postmodern conceptions of rhetoric as an epistemic art, Barnett’s study expands the scope of rhetorical inquiry by showing how realist ideas have worked to frame rhetoric’s scope and meanings during key moments in its history. Ultimately, Barnett argues that all versions of rhetoric depend upon some realist assumptions about the world. Rather than conceive of the nonhuman as a dramatic turning point in rhetorical theory, Rhetorical Realism encourages rhetorical theorists to turn another eye toward what rhetoricians have always done—defining and configuring rhetoric within a broader ontology of things.
Rhetorical Theory and Praxis in the Business Communication Classroom
by Kristen Getchell Paula LentzRhetorical Theory and Praxis in the Business Communication Classroom responds to a significant need in the emerging field of business communication as the first collection of its type to establish a connection between rhetorical theory and practice in the business communication classroom. The volume includes topics such as rhetorical grammar, genre awareness in business communication theory, the role of big data in message strategy, social media and memory, and the connection between rhetorical theory and entrepreneurship. These essays provide the business communication scholar, practitioner, and program administrator insight into the rhetorical considerations of the business communication landscape.
Rhetorical Work in Emergency Medical Services: Communicating in the Unpredictable Workplace (ATTW Series in Technical and Professional Communication)
by Elizabeth L. AngeliRhetorical Work in Emergency Medical Services: Communicating in the Unpredictable Workplace details how communicators harness the power of rhetoric to make decisions and communicate in unpredictable contexts. Grounded in a 16-month study in the emergency medical services (EMS) workplace, this text contributes to our theoretical, methodological, and practical understandings of the situation-specific processes that communicators and researchers engage in to respond to the urgencies and constraints of high-stakes workplaces. This book presents these intricate processes and skills—learned and innate—that workplace communicators use to accomplish goal-directed activity, collaborate with other communicators, and complete and teach workplace writing.
Rhetorics, Literacies, and Narratives of Sustainability (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication)
by Peter N. GogginIn this volume, rhetoricians, literacy scholars, and humanists have come together to examine the complex discursive constructions of sustainability. Touching on topics including conservation efforts in specific locales; social and political constructions of rhetorical place and space; community literacy; historical and archival analysis of institutional politics, policies, and practices concerning the environment and economic growth and development; town planning and zoning issues; and rhetorics of environmental remediation and sustainability, this collection of essays provides rhetoricians and environmentalists a window into the complex and often contradictory arena of discourse on sustainability.
Rhetorics of Democracy in the Americas (Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation)
by Adriana Angel Michael L. Butterworth Nancy R. GómezDemocracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and institutions of the United States represent the true and right form of democracy, needed by all. This volume challenges this commonplace belief by putting US politics in the context of the Americas more broadly. Seeking to cultivate conversations among and between the hemispheres, this collection examines local political rhetorics across the Americas. The contributors—scholars of communication from both North and South America—recognize democratic ideals as irreducible to a single national perspective and reflect on the ways social minorities in the Western Hemisphere engage in unique political discourses. Essays consider current rhetorics in the United States on American exceptionalism, immigration, citizenship, and land rights alongside current cultural and political events in Latin America, such as corruption in Guatemala, women’s activism in Ciudad Juárez, representation in Venezuela, and media bias in Brazil. Through a survey of these rhetorics, this volume provides a broad analysis of democracy. It highlights institutional and cultural differences in the Americas and presents a hemispheric democracy that is both more pluralistic and more agonistic than what is believed about the system in the United States.In addition to the editors, the contributors include José Cortez, Linsay M. Cramer, Pamela Flores, Alberto González, Amy N. Heuman, Christa J. Olson, Carlos Piovezani, Clara Eugenia Rojas Blanco, Abraham Romney, René Agustín de los Santos, and Alejandra Vitale.
Rhetorics of Democracy in the Americas (Rhetoric and Democratic Deliberation #25)
by Michael L. Butterworth Adriana Angel Nancy R. GómezDemocracy is venerated in US political culture, in part because it is our democracy. As a result, we assume that the government and institutions of the United States represent the true and right form of democracy, needed by all. This volume challenges this commonplace belief by putting US politics in the context of the Americas more broadly. Seeking to cultivate conversations among and between the hemispheres, this collection examines local political rhetorics across the Americas. The contributors—scholars of communication from both North and South America—recognize democratic ideals as irreducible to a single national perspective and reflect on the ways social minorities in the Western Hemisphere engage in unique political discourses. Essays consider current rhetorics in the United States on American exceptionalism, immigration, citizenship, and land rights alongside current cultural and political events in Latin America, such as corruption in Guatemala, women’s activism in Ciudad Juárez, representation in Venezuela, and media bias in Brazil. Through a survey of these rhetorics, this volume provides a broad analysis of democracy. It highlights institutional and cultural differences in the Americas and presents a hemispheric democracy that is both more pluralistic and more agonistic than what is believed about the system in the United States.In addition to the editors, the contributors include José Cortez, Linsay M. Cramer, Pamela Flores, Alberto González, Amy N. Heuman, Christa J. Olson, Carlos Piovezani, Clara Eugenia Rojas Blanco, Abraham Romney, René Agustín de los Santos, and Alejandra Vitale.
Rhetorics of Names and Naming (Routledge Studies in Rhetoric and Communication #29)
by Star Medzerian VanguriThis volume takes up rhetorical approaches to our primarily linguistic understanding of how names work, considering how theories of materiality in rhetoric enrich conceptions of the name as word or symbol and help explain the processes of name bestowal, accumulation, loss, and theft. Contributors theorize the formation, modification, and recontexualization of names as a result of technological and cultural change, and consider the ways in which naming influences identity and affects/grants power.
The Rhetorics of US Immigration: Identity, Community, Otherness
by E. Johanna HarteliusIn the current geopolitical climate—in which unaccompanied children cross the border in record numbers, and debates on the topic swing violently from pole to pole—the subject of immigration demands innovative inquiry. In The Rhetorics of US Immigration, some of the most prominent and prolific scholars in immigration studies come together to discuss the many facets of immigration rhetoric in the United States.The Rhetorics of US Immigration provides readers with an integrated sense of the rhetorical multiplicity circulating among and about immigrants. Whereas extant literature on immigration rhetoric tends to focus on the media, this work extends the conversation to the immigrants themselves, among others. A collection whose own eclecticism highlights the complexity of the issue, The Rhetorics of US Immigration is not only a study in the language of immigration but also a frank discussion of who is doing the talking and what it means for the future.From questions of activism, authority, and citizenship to the influence of Hollywood, the LGBTQ community, and the church, The Rhetorics of US Immigration considers the myriad venues in which the American immigration question emerges—and the interpretive framework suited to account for it.Along with the editor, the contributors are Claudia Anguiano, Karma R. Chávez, Terence Check, Jay P. Childers, J. David Cisneros, Lisa M. Corrigan, D. Robert DeChaine, Anne Teresa Demo, Dina Gavrilos, Emily Ironside, Christine Jasken, Yazmin Lazcano-Pry, Michael Lechuga, and Alessandra B. Von Burg.
Rhetorik für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Malcolm Kushner»Eine abgelesene Rede garantiert, dass Ihnen das Publikum nicht zuhört.« (Henry Kissinger) Sei es in Sitzungen, bei Familienfeiern oder Betriebsund Vereinsversammlungen – es gibt unzählige Anlässe, bei denen Reden üblich sind, bloß halten möchte sie keiner. Malcolm Kushner hilft Ihnen, bei Ihrem nächsten Auftritt rhetorisch zu glänzen. Er zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie Ihre Rede aufbauen, den Inhalt interessant gestalten und Satzbau und Wortwahl richtig treffen. Außerdem lernen Sie, wie Sie mit rhetorischen Stilmitteln und sprachlichen Raffinessen spielend leicht umgehen. So reißen Sie Ihr Publikum mit.
Rhetorik und Redekunst für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Tatjana Ditko Sammy StauchMöchten auch Sie bei Ihrer nächsten Rede oder Präsentation authentisch vortragen, überzeugend argumentieren, rhetorisch geschickt formulieren und das Publikum begeistern? Dieses Buch beweist, dass auch Sie das können. Erfahren Sie, wie Sie Ihre Rede geschickt konzipieren und mit überzeugenden Argumenten und gut gewählten Worten punkten. Lernen Sie, entspannt vor Ihrem Publikum zu stehen und auch auf Zwischenfragen souverän reagieren zu können. Lassen Sie sich Tipps und Kniffe zeigen, wie Sie sich gut vorbereiten und beim Vortrag ganz präsent sind.
Rhodes Framework for Android™ Platform and BlackBerry® Smartphones
by Deepak VohraThe Rhodes framework offers several advantages over other mobile frameworks. Some of the unique features of the Rhodes frameworks are as follows: - The only smartphone framework to offer support for the Model View Controller pattern - The only smartphone framework to offer support for the Object-Relational manager -The only smartphone framework to offer offline, disconnected access to data with the Rho-Synch server - The only smartphone framework to support all mobile devices including Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Symbian, and Windows - Provides Ruby implementations for all smartphone device operating systems -Provides a web-based Integrated Development Environment for developing mobile applications for all smartphone platforms with the RhoHub development service This book discusses developing Rhodes applications for Android and the BlackBerry platform, as these are the two most commonly used mobile platforms. For each, an application for creating a catalog and another application for getting RSS feed will be developed.
Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times
by Robert W. McchesneyIn this myth-breaking book, McChesney argues that the media, far from providing a bedrock for freedom and democracy, have become a significant anti-democratic force in the United States and, to varying degrees, worldwide.
Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times (The\history Of Communication Ser.)
by Robert W. McChesneyAn updated edition of the &“penetrating study&” examining how the current state of mass media puts our democracy at risk (Noam Chomsky). What happens when a few conglomerates dominate all major aspects of mass media, from newspapers and magazines to radio and broadcast television? After all the hype about the democratizing power of the internet, is this new technology living up to its promise? Since the publication of this prescient work, which won Harvard&’s Goldsmith Book Prize and the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, the concentration of media power and the resultant &“hypercommercialization of media&” has only intensified. Robert McChesney lays out his vision for what a truly democratic society might look like, offering compelling suggestions for how the media can be reformed as part of a broader program of democratic renewal. Rich Media, Poor Democracy remains as vital and insightful as ever and continues to serve as an important resource for researchers, students, and anyone who has a stake in the transformation of our digital commons. This new edition includes a major new preface by McChesney, where he offers both a history of the transformation in media since the book first appeared; a sweeping account of the organized efforts to reform the media system; and the ongoing threats to our democracy as journalism has continued its sharp decline. &“Those who want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book.&” —Neil Postman &“If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book.&” —Bill Moyers
Richmond Independent Press: A History of the Underground Zine Scene
by Dale M BrumfieldAn acclaimed local author recounts the evolution of Richmond&’s alternative newspapers, comics, and small presses beginning in the Civil Rights Era. As the political and social upheaval of the 1960s took hold across the United States, even the sleepy town of Richmond, Virginia, experienced a countercultural shift. New attitudes about the value of journalism spurred an underground movement in the press. &“The Sunflower,&” Richmond&’s first underground newspaper, appeared in 1967 and set the stage for a host of alternative local media lasting into the 1990s and beyond. Publications such as the &“Richmond Chronicle,&” &“Richmond Mercury,&” and &“Commonwealth Times,&” as well as numerous minority-focused presses such as &“Richmond Afro-American,&” served the progressive-minded citizens of the River City. In Richmond Independent Press, the historian, activist and former &“ThroTTle&” editor Dale Brumfield reveals the untold story of this cultural revolution in the River City.</
Richtig gendern für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Lucia Clara RocktäschelSie möchten Menschen aller Geschlechter gleichermaßen ansprechen, wissen aber nicht, wie das am besten funktioniert? Lucia Clara Rocktäschel stellt Ihnen in diesem Buch sechs Arten zu gendern vor: von der Paarform über den Gender-Gap bis hin zu unauffälligeren Varianten wie neutralen Formulierungen oder dem Prinzip der Rollenverteilung. Ganz ohne Moralkeule zeigt sie, warum gendergerechte Sprache wichtig ist und wie Sie diese richtig umsetzen - in Studium und Beruf oder auch im Internet. Konkrete Beispiele zeigen Ihnen, wie Sie das Gendern sogar mit Suchmaschinenoptimierung und Barrierefreiheit in Einklang bringen können.
Rick's Carrot: Targeting the r Sound (Speech Bubbles 2)
by Melissa PalmerRick is hungry, but his carrot has disappeared! Who has taken it? Come along on the mission to find it. This picture book targets the /r/ sound and is part of Speech Bubbles 2, a series of picture books that target specific speech sounds within the story. The series can be used for children receiving speech therapy, for children who have a speech sound delay/disorder, or simply as an activity for children’s speech sound development and/or phonological awareness. They are ideal for use by parents, teachers or caregivers. Bright pictures and a fun story create an engaging activity perfect for sound awareness. Picture books are sold individually, or in a pack. There are currently two packs available – Speech Bubbles 1 and Speech Bubbles 2. Please see further titles in the series for stories targeting other speech sounds.
Ricochet: Word Sonnets - Sonnets d'un mot
by Seymour MayneRicochet is a bilingual collection of word sonnets by one of the chief innovators of the form, Seymour Mayne. It includes three sequences of pithy and evocative poems that encapsulate moments of sharp perception while also drawing attention to instants of humour that suddenly appear in daily life. Concise and visual in effect, word sonnets are fourteen line poems, with one word per line. Frequently allusive and imagistic, they can also be irreverent and playful. While informed by other short poetry forms such as the Haiku, Mayne’s word sonnets are deeply influenced by the Talmudic tradition of maxims, proverbs and images that instruct and inform everyday life. Presented with an excellent translation of the poems into French, Ricochet is a unique volume that showcases this innovative new form. The collection also includes a short preface by the poet and an introductory essay by the translator on the challenges of translating word sonnets.
Ricochet: Two war reporters and a friendship under fire
by Mary Jo McConahayA stunning memoir by California Book Award winner Mary Jo McConahay, from her years reporting for national magazines from Central America. When three colleagues die violently during a single wartime election day in Central America, two female journalists, best friends, are hurled into a torrent of change in their personal and professional lives and in their relationship with each other. The author, bedeviled by stress and feelings of abandonment, hangs on by her fingernails to reporting while her dear friend &“just can&’t take another picture of a dead body&” and throws herself into teaching photography to children who live in a garbage dump. Big questions quietly roil their lives—What is our responsibility to history? To individuals?—until unexpectedly, they approach an answer together, when a child from the dump goes missing.
Riddles of Belonging: India in Translation and Other Tales of Possession
by Christi A. MerrillCan the subaltern joke? Christi A. Merrill answers by invoking riddling, oral-based fictions from Hindi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu that dare to laugh at what traditions often keep hidden-whether spouse abuse, ethnic violence, or the uncertain legacies of a divinely wrought sex change. Herself a skilled translator, Merrill uses these examples to investigate the expectation that translated work should allow the non-English-speaking subaltern to speak directly to the English-speaking reader. She plays with the trope of speaking to argue against treating a translated text as property, as a singular material object to be "carried across" (as trans-latus implies.) She refigures translation as a performative "telling in turn," from the Hindi word anuvad, to explain how a text might be multiply possessed. She thereby challenges the distinction between "original" and "derivative," fundamental to nationalist and literary discourse, humoring our melancholic fixation on what is lost. Instead, she offers strategies for playing along with the subversive wit found in translated texts. Sly jokes and spirited double entendres, she suggests, require equally spirited double hearings. The playful lessons offered by these narratives provide insight into the networks of transnational relations connecting us across a sea of differences. Generations of multilingual audiences in India have been navigating this "Ocean of the Stream of Stories" since before the 11th century, arriving at a fluid sense of commonality across languages. Salman Rushdie is not the first to pose crucial questions of belonging by telling a version of this narrative: the work of non-English-language writers like Vijay Dan Detha, whose tales are at the core of this book, asks what responsibilities we have to make the rights and wrongs of these fictions come alive "age after age."
The Ride of Our Lives
by Mike LeonardThe open road awaited us. Only one thing held us back. 'Son of a bitch!' 'Marge,' pleaded my father, 'we can't move until you sit down. What the hell are you looking for?' 'I can't find my goddamn holy card. ' 'What holy card?' I asked. 'My Mother Teresa holy card. ' She answered, crawling on the floor. 'She's a saint. She's gonna get me there and get me home. Now where the hell is she?' The Ride of Our Lives is the humorous yet poignant account of NBC journalist Mike Leonard's cross-country odyssey with his feisty parents, both 'world-class eccentrics cut from the same bolt of Irish immigrant cloth'. Mike wanted his parents to revisit the things they held dear from their past, ending in Chicago in time for the birth of their first great-grandchild. But this is no ordinary road trip - rather, it's a jumping off point for a rich and wonderful foray into memory, family and home-grown wisdom. A four-week adventure turns into the journey of a lifetime as Mike's family revisit their shared past, both physically and emotionally - from stories of Irish immigration and the Great Depression to the precious gift of a great-grandmother's ring; and from anecdotes of long-ago childhood to the anticipation of a new generation. And along the way, Mike's parents, in their own unique style, reminisce about their loves, their losses, and their full and generous lives; sharing and arguing, laughing and crying - the bottom line is that family is what truly matters most. Film rights have been optioned by Disney.
Riding through Katrina with the Red Baron's Ghost: A Memoir of Friendship, Family, and a Life Writing
by J. Malcolm GarciaThe first book that J. Malcolm Garcia ever bought would impact his life in a way that the then twelve-year-old could have never imagined. The Day the Red Baron Died plunged Garcia into the intrigue and excitement of the World War I German flying ace's life and death. Garcia was enraptured and brimming with questions. His mother encouraged the curious boy to write to the book's author, Dale M. Titler. When the author replied, a friendship began that shaped Garcia's life. In Riding through Katrina with the Red Baron's Ghost, Garcia chronicles his relationship with Titler. It was that connection that brought Garcia to New Orleans only two weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and its citizens. Not having heard from his friend in years, Garcia made the split-second decision to go to New Orleans to try to find the man who meant so much to him. A harrowing account of New Orleans directly after Katrina?told in Garcia's award-winning journalistic style?Riding through Katrina with the Red Baron's Ghost tells a personal story of a thirty-year bond that defined a young man, as well as the universal story of the horror and devastation Katrina left in its wake.
Riding The Waves Of Culture: Understanding Diversity In Global Business
by Fons Trompenaars Charles Hampden-TurnerSince its original publication, Riding the Waves of Culture has been considered the definitive guide to one of the 21st century’s most pressing management concerns—effectively leading people and organizations in an increasingly global business environment. <p><p> Today’s business landscape is barely a shadow of what it was only a few years ago, when managers’ main concerns were being aware of cultural differences and preventing embarrassments. Now, you must take it a step further to leverage cultural differences for maximum competitive advantage. <p> The highly anticipated third edition of this business classic brings you completely up-to-date in a world transformed by radical changes in politics, society, the economy, and technology. Retaining its detailed descriptions of the underlying cultural frameworks that affect day-to-day business, Riding the Waves of Culture, Third Edition, provides new, evidence-based information and insight on: <p> M&A—how dealing with (national and corporate) cultural differences can enhance and improve chances of success in these often risky endeavors <p> An Increasingly Diverse Business World—including improved and expanded measurements of competences, dilemmas and their reconciliations, servant leadership, innovation, and remote-team effectiveness <p> Cultural Convergence—analysis of changes in the past 25 years bringing the world closer to a single “global village” <p> The ability to lead effectively in a global business environment is perhaps the most valuable skill anyone can bring to an organization. The most thoroughly researched and highly respected resource of its kind, Riding the Waves of Culture doesn’t just help you stay afloat in today’s diverse work environment; it provides the knowledge you need to seize the advantage and compete for the long run.
Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections
by Mollie HemingwayFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER JUSTICE ON TRIAL Stunned by the turbulence of the 2020 election, millions of Americans are asking the forbidden question: what really happened? It was a devastating triple punch. Capping their four-year campaign to destroy the Trump presidency, the media portrayed a Democratic victory as necessary and inevitable. Big Tech, wielding unprecedented powers, vaporized dissent and erased damning reports about the Biden family's corruption. And Democratic operatives, exploiting a public health crisis, shamelessly manipulated the voting process itself. Silenced and subjected, the American people lost their faith in the system. RIGGED is the definitive account of the 2020 election. Based on Mollie Hemingway's exclusive interviews with campaign officials, reporters, Supreme Court justices, and President Trump himself, it exposes the fraud and cynicism behind the Democrats' historic power-grab. Rewriting history is a specialty of the radical left, now in control of America's political and cultural heights. But they will have to contend with the determination, insight, and eloquence of Mollie Hemingway. RIGGED is a reminder for weary patriots that truth is still the most powerful weapon. The stakes for our democracy have never been higher.
Rigged: America, Russia, and One Hundred Years of Covert Electoral Interference
by David Shimer"This pioneering and judicious history of foreign intervention in elections should be read by everyone who wants to defend democracy now." --Timothy Snyder, author of On TyrannyThe definitive account of covert operations to influence elections from the Cold War to 2016, why the threat to American democracy is greater than ever in 2020, and what we can do about it.Russia's interference in 2016 marked only the latest chapter of a hidden and revelatory history. In Rigged, David Shimer tells the sweeping story of covert electoral interference past and present. He exposes decades of secret operations--by the KGB, the CIA, and Vladimir Putin's Russia--to shape electoral outcomes, melding deep historical research with groundbreaking interviews with more than 130 key players, from leading officials in both the Trump and Obama administrations, to CIA and NSA directors, to a former KGB general.What Americans should make of Russia's attack in 2016 is still hotly debated, even after the Mueller report and years of media coverage. Shimer shows that Putin's operation was, in fact, a continuation of an ongoing struggle, using familiar weapons radically enhanced by new technology. Throughout history and in 2016, both Russian and American operations achieved their greatest success by influencing the way voters think, rather than tampering with actual vote tallies.Casting aside partisanship and sensationalism, Rigged reveals new details about what Russia achieved in 2016, how the Obama administration responded, and why Putin has also been interfering covertly in elections across the globe in recent years, while American presidents have largely refrained from doing so. Shimer also makes disturbingly clear that this type of intrusion can be used to harm Democrats and Republicans alike. Russia's central aim is to undermine and disrupt our democracy, to the detriment of all Americans.Understanding 2016 as one battle in a much longer war is essential to understanding the critical threat currently posed to America's electoral sovereignty and how to defend against it. Illuminating how the lessons of the past can be used to protect our democracy in the future, Rigged is an essential book for readers of every political persuasion.
"Right Makes Might": Proverbs and the American Worldview
by Wolfgang Mieder“A powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore.” —ChoiceIn 1860, Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb Right makes might—opposite of the more aggressive Might makes right—in his famed Cooper Union address. While Lincoln did not originate the proverb, his use of it in this critical speech indicates that the fourteenth century phrase had taken on new ethical and democratic connotations in the nineteenth century. In this collection, famed scholar of proverbs Wolfgang Mieder explores the multifaceted use and function of proverbs through the history of the United States, from their early beginnings up through their use by such modern-day politicians as Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Bernie Sanders. Building on previous publications and unpublished research, Mieder explores sociopolitical aspects of the American worldview as expressed through the use of proverbs in politics, women’s rights, and the civil rights movement—and by looking at the use of proverbial phrases, Mieder demonstrates how one traditional phrase can take on numerous expressive roles over time, and how they continue to play a key role in our contemporary moment.