Archaeology by Christine L . Oravec
Flutopedia.com, ed. Clint Goss, 2014
Utah Rock Art, Papers Presented at the Thirty-Third Annual Symposium of the Utah Rock Art Reasearch Association (URARA), ed. Christine Oravec, Joe Brame, and Nina Bowen, 2014
The “Flower World” is the name of a complex of verbal and visual imagery that may have been used ... more The “Flower World” is the name of a complex of verbal and visual imagery that may have been used by ancient and historical Puebloan peoples to portray their daily lives and their place in the cosmos. Images representing the Flower World may appear in the rock art of the San Juan Basketmaker peoples in present-day southeastern Utah. These images include agave and yucca stalk headdresses on male and female human figures, various forms of butterflies, and accompanying flute players. The images correspond to verbal and visual representations of the vegetation/insect/music deity Payatumo from Zuni mythology, although a direct line of influence is only suggested. Further associations with the Hopi corn and cloud deity Muyawinga and Hopi hairdressing practices are possible. Such early evidence for shared imagery prior to the kacina era points to a common cultural heritage among peoples of the Four Corners.
Rhetoric by Christine L . Oravec
Visions of Rhetoric: History, Theory and Criticism, ed. Charles W. Kneupper, 1987
Rethinking the History of Rhetoric: Multidisciplinary Studies on the Rhetorical Tradition, ed. Takis Poulakos, 1993
Philosophy and Rhetoric , 1976
The Legacy of Kenneth Burke, ed. Herbert W. Simons and Trevor Melia, 1989
Fredric Jameson argues that Kenneth Burke’s notion of identity is unreflective, opaque and modern... more Fredric Jameson argues that Kenneth Burke’s notion of identity is unreflective, opaque and modernist. Following Frank Lentriccia, this article argues that Burke’s concept is, if not thoroughly postmodern, then multifaceted and intricate. Three dimensions of identity derived from Burke’s middle period are explored: the mechanical, the analogic and the transcendent.
Critical Studies in Media Communication, 1987
On the live variety radio program A Prairie Home Companion, host Garrison Keillor fabricates the ... more On the live variety radio program A Prairie Home Companion, host Garrison Keillor fabricates the fictional community of Lake Wobegon. In doing so, he also addresses another fabricated community, the baby boom generation. The weekly monologues portray Keillor's persona moving from nostalgia and bitterness to acceptance of the conditions of community as they are. Consequently, they reflect and encourage a passive and uncritical approach toward community life in an audience that has outgrown activism and is searching for an alternative.
Western Journal of Communication , 1982
Concern with the functions of interpretation and judgment of discourse has been traditionally rel... more Concern with the functions of interpretation and judgment of discourse has been traditionally relegated to the realm of criticism. Recently, however, rhetorical theorists have been reexamining and employing these functions with reference to their own history and tradition. Despite significant problems, such an approach may produce new pluralistic, self‐conscious, and humanistic forms of theory. This review of recent scholarship includes work by Michael Hyde and Craig Smith, Michael McGee, and Lloyd Bitzer, among others.
Rhetorica; A Journal of The History of Rhetoric, 1986
Journals and newspapers in the Jacksonian period were highly politicized along Whig/Democrat line... more Journals and newspapers in the Jacksonian period were highly politicized along Whig/Democrat lines. Their critical responses to public speeches were likewise politically motivated. Furthermore, the implicit rhetorical theories underlying those critiques were bifurcated; the Whigs espoused for the most part a classical/belle lettre approach, while Democratic journals offered an alternative rhetorical tradition based on the pragmatic language theory of Jeremy Bentham. This article discusses the implications of this alternative tradition for the history of rhetoric and the received view of the “Golden Age” of oratory in the U.S.
Communication Studies, 1991
In responding to Solomon and Perkins, this article begins by noting that a significant change in ... more In responding to Solomon and Perkins, this article begins by noting that a significant change in rhetorical scholarship results from recognizing that speeches are not the only discursive forms that produce effect. It then examines the ideological significance of forms to illuminate the potential of feminist studies to identify elements of language that are ostensibly neutral and opaque. The article contends that recognizing discursive form as active rather than passive gives full measure to its power and to the power of those who see through the conventions and deconstruct them. Furthermore, it shows that acknowledging the ideological qualities of form juxtaposes theory with analysis, history with subjectivity, and language with practice. For example, the generic form of autobiography might promote an ideology of masculine self determination and individual success.in the public world not reflective of the lived experience of female authors. Analyzing discourse written by females using a schema derived from a masculinized form may elide the authors’ struggle with the form itself and thus obscure its ideological power.
Association For Communication Administration Bulletin, 1983
Prudence: Classical Virtue/Postmodern Practice, ed. Robert Hariman, 2003
Women in the antebellum United States were strictly patrolled in public, no less so by rhetorical... more Women in the antebellum United States were strictly patrolled in public, no less so by rhetorical critics in popular magazines and journals. On one hand, the sublimated behavior of women in gender segregated crowds was deemed to be “prudent.” On the other hand, “promiscuous ” or mixed audiences were presumed to be transgressive, incipiently violent, and even physically disgusting. Fanny Wright, one of the first secular woman speakers of the 19th century, established a code of speech behavior that unveiled the wildest presumptions of her journalistic critics, while conducting herself with complete decorum. Her approach toward public speaking, and in particular toward her listening and reading audiences, is found in her own magazine The Free Enquirer, which reviewed many of her speeches and articulated her implicit rhetorical principles.
Environmentalism by Christine L . Oravec
University of Utah Humanities Center, 1992
Proceedings of the first conference of what was to become the Association for Environmental Commu... more Proceedings of the first conference of what was to become the Association for Environmental Communication. Held at Alta, Utah, it also inspired the creation of several divisions within speech communication academic and professional organizations such as the National Communication Association.
The Environmental Communication Yearbook, ed. Susan L. Senecah, 2004
This chapter presents four experiences visitors had in Cedar Breaks National Monument. The experi... more This chapter presents four experiences visitors had in Cedar Breaks National Monument. The experiences are mediated through two complementary rhetorical functions, naming and interpretation, along with two quite different discursive genres, policy and poetry. These experiences and rhetorical categories do not encompass all the dimensions necessary for understanding how communication shapes and reflects one’s encounter with Cedar Breaks. It is hoped, however, that the sampling is sufficient to represent the interplay of communication and environment to be found in this unique place.
University of Wisconsin Ph. D. Dissertation , 1980
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric, ed, Thomas O. Sloane, 2001
Women Speakers in the United States, 1925-1993, ed. Karlyn Kohrs Campbell, 1993
Rachael Carson is best known for her writing, particularly for her book Silent Spring, acknowledg... more Rachael Carson is best known for her writing, particularly for her book Silent Spring, acknowledged to be the first major statement of twentieth-century environmentalism. Few know that she prepared the ground by giving upwards of sixty public speeches, several media interviews, and at least one testimony at a Congressional hearing. Indeed, she spoke until she could no longer stand due to weakness from the cancer that took her life. Her precisely argued discourse (typed up in advance) and her quiet personal determination contrasted with ad personam attacks made against her by chemical company lobbing groups. Most notably, DDT was banned in the US because of her writing. Yet when she briefly spoke in a public forum about the possibility of a national commission in charge of all things environmental, her modest suggestion later gave rise to the Environmental Protection Agency, an outcome perhaps even more comprehensive and long lasting.
Rhetoric and Reform in the Progressive Era: A Rhetorical History of the United States, Vol. 6, ed. J. Michael Hogan , 2003
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Archaeology by Christine L . Oravec
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