Modern Occult Rhetoric: Mass Media and the Drama of Secrecy in the Twentieth Century (Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit)
A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse.
The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to American culture than is commonly assumed.
Joshua Gunn approaches the occult as an idiom, examining the ways in which acts of textual criticism and interpretation are occultic in nature, as evident in practices as diverse as academic scholarship, Freemasonry, and television production. Gunn probes, for instance, the ways in which jargon employed by various social and professional groups creates barriers and fosters secrecy. From the theory wars of cultural studies to the Satanic Panic that swept the national mass media in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Gunn shows how the paradox of a hidden, buried, or secret meaning that cannot be expressed in language appears time and time again in Western culture.
These recurrent patterns, Gunn argues, arise from a generalized, popular anxiety about language and its limitations. Ultimately, Modern Occult Rhetoric demonstrates the indissoluble relationship between language, secrecy, and publicity, and the centrality of suspicion in our daily lives.
Â
List Price: $ 49.75
Price: $ 7.99
Other posts like this, by keyword:
Occult:
Studies in Satan, Demons, and the Occult ...
The Occult Files of Albert Taylor: A Collection of Mysterious Cases from the World of the Supernatural ...
MANAGING EYE DISEASE IN PRIMARY CARE Part 1. How to screen for occult disease (Postgraduate Medicine) ...
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth (Oxford medical publications) ...
Occult Symbolism Of The Third Hebrew Letter, Gimel – Pamphlet ...
How Occult Virtues Are Infused Into Things By Ideas Through The Help Of The Soul – Pamphlet ...
Mandoo Panfried Dumplings – Hello Cook AUD6.60 ...
From Generation to Regeneration; The Sex Question and the Money Power ; and the Tree of Life Between Two Thieves. Three Pamphlets on the Occ ...
Occult Symbolism Of The Number Three ...
Media:
New Study Shows Profitability and Growth in Media & Entertainment ...
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
Social Media University ...
Power Friending: Demystifying Social Media to Grow Your Business Reviews ...
New Media in the White Cube and Beyond: Curatorial Models for Digital Art ...
Mental Health Issues and the Media: An Introduction for Health Professionals ...
U.S. works on software to manipulate social media websites ...
Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, Second Edition: Volume 8 (Course of Theoretical Physics) ...
Introducing Media Studies: A Graphic Guide Reviews ...
Gene King Talks About Social Media at Michigan Municipal League Event ...
Century:
Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century: Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World ...
American Art of the Twentieth Century: Treasures of the Whitney Museum of American Art (Tiny Folio) ...
The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Modern,: From the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century: With Numerals. … ...
Great British Comics: Celebrating a Century of Ripping Yarns and Wizard Wheezes ...
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
Mandoo Panfried Dumplings – Hello Cook AUD6.60 ...
Rooms with a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century (Metropolitan Museum of Art) ...
Women Composers of Classical Music: 369 Biographies Through the Mid-20th Century ...
Safe Counsel: A Complete Guide To Pregnancy, Childbirth, And Childcare In The Late 19th Century ...
Socialism and Christianity in Early 20th Century America (Contributions in American History) ...
Modern:
Modern Medicine: The New World Religion: How Beliefs Secretly Influence Medical Dogmas and Practices ...
History of Modern France, A (3rd Edition) Reviews ...
Beshara and Ibn ‘Arabi: A Movement of Sufi Spirituality in the Modern World ...
The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Modern,: From the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century: With Numerals. … ...
Modern Masters Volume 17: Lee Weeks ...
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life: The Parallels with 2,000 Years Ago Come to Life in Entertaining and Surprising Ways. Natalie Haynes ...
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
Reconstructing the Roman Republic: An Ancient Political Culture and Modern Research ...
Engineering Mathematics: A Modern Foundation for Electronic, Electrical, and Systems Engineering ...
A Sketch of the History of Judaism and Christianity in the Light Light of Modern Research and Criticism (1892) ...
Drama:
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
What book do you recommend either from the erotica or drama genre? ...
Drama Games and Acting Exercises: 177 Games and Activities ...
The Book of Dialogue: How to Write Effective Conversation in Fiction, Screenplays, Drama, and Poetry ...
Drama is Optional: A Guide For Teens ...
The Drama Review: Occult & Bizarre Issue ...
The war in Egypt and the Soudan; an episode in the history of the British Empire. Being a descriptive account of the scenes and events of th ...
Images of Incarceration: Representations of Prison in Film And Television Drama ...
Armageddon: A Modern Epic Drama in a Prologue, Series of Scenes and an Epilogue ...
The Drama is Coming Now ...
Twentieth:
American Art of the Twentieth Century: Treasures of the Whitney Museum of American Art (Tiny Folio) ...
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
Mandoo Panfried Dumplings – Hello Cook AUD6.60 ...
The Crafts in Britain in the Twentieth Century ...
Portraits in Cataloging and Classification: Theorists, Educators, and Practitioners of the Late Twentieth Century (Portraits in Cataloging & ...
American Soldiers Overseas: The Global Military Presence (Perspectives on the Twentieth Century) ...
Twentieth Century United States Photographers: A Student’s Guide ...
1-800-President: The Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Television and the Campaign of 1992/With Background Papers ...
Twentieth Century British Drama (Cambridge Contexts in Literature) ...
Death in the Clouds: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) ...
Cult:
Cartoon Cult opening at The Soundry, Vienna, VA (3) ...
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival and Cult Formation Reviews ...
The cult of fantasy footy ...
Green Lantern Corps: Blackest Night ...
Cult Fiction ...
What would you say to someone who claims Christianity is a Death Cult? ...
Rocky Horror: From Concept to Cult ...
mass:
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
Mass and the Sacraments Book II (A Course in Religion for Catholic High Schools and Academies Ser.) ...
Mass. college plan would require 4 years of math ...
The Hidden Meaning of Mass Communications: Cinema, Books, and Television in the Age of Computers ...
The Public School Question: Roman Catholicism and Americanism: A Discussion Between Rev. J.P. Bland and Rev. J. O’brien of Cambridge, ...
Trout by the thousands headed for Mass. waters ...
Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations and the Coming Population Crash. by Fred Pearce ...
Extremely Violent Societies: Mass Violence in the Twentieth-Century World ...
Ancient weapons of mass destruction ...
Worth Waiting For: Sane Sex for Singles ...
Albma:
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
Crit:
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
Rhetoric:
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
The Language of Democracy: Political Rhetoric in the United States and Britain, 1790-1900 ...
Sharing the Earth: The Rhetoric of Sustainable Development (Studies in Rhetoric/Communication) ...
Office Of Assertion: An Art Of Rhetoric For Academic Essay ...
Bookseller’s Hobby-Horse and the Rhetoric of Translation (Approaches to Translation Stud) (Approaches to Translation Studies) Reviews ...
Secrecy:
Winter’s Bone: A Novel ...
No comments:
Post a Comment