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 sustained reflection on philosopher John William Miller and the metaphysical presuppositions and implications of democracy.

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.

Examines rhetorical practices in cultures and time periods that have received little attention to date.

Offers a revised understanding of human subjectivity that avoids the extremes of both traditional humanism and cultural relativism.

Offers a thorough look at peer review in virtual environments.

Problematizes traditional ethnographic research methods, offering instead self-reflexive critical practices.

Shows how battered women's personal theologies help them survive and heal, despite the women's knowledge that religion may also have contributed to their oppression.

Argues for a more theoretically-informed and cogent curricular space for rhetoric in the academy.

Analyzing the power of metaphor in the rhetoric of science, this book examines the use of words to express complex scientific concepts.

Adds to our understanding of the powerful nature of texts and writing.