{"product_id":"zoetropes-and-the-politics-of-humanhood-paperback","title":"Zoetropes and the Politics of Humanhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllison L. Rowland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, 2021 Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine Book Award\u003cbr\u003e Honorable Mention, 2021 Rhetoric Society of America Book Award \u003cbr\u003e Honorable Mention, 2021 Marie Hochmuth Nichols Award for Outstanding Published Scholarship in Public Address\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The way we talk about living beings can raise or lower their perceived value. Consider the pro-life strategy of calling a fetus a \u003ci\u003echild\u003c\/i\u003e, thereby effectively promoting the value of fetal life. In the opposite direction, calling a Pakistani child killed by a US drone strike \u003ci\u003ecollateral damage \u003c\/i\u003ecan implicitly demote the value of that child's life. Allison L. Rowland's \u003ci\u003eZoetropes and the Politics of Humanhood\u003c\/i\u003e looks at such discursive practices-providing the first systematic account of how transvaluations like these operate in public discourse and lurk at the edges of all language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Building on the necropolitical concept that we are constantly parsing populations into worthy lives, subhuman lives, and lives sentenced to death, Rowland's study focuses specifically at \u003ci\u003ezoetropes\u003c\/i\u003e-the rhetorical devices and figures that result in such transvaluations. Through a series of case studies, including microbial life (at the American Gut Project), fetal life (at the National Memorial for the Unborn), and vital human life (at two of the nation's premier fitness centers)-and in conversation with cutting-edge theories of race, gender, sexuality, and disability-this book brings to light the discursive practices that set the terms for inclusion into humanhood and make us who we are.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllison L. Rowland is Maurer Associate Professor of Performance and Communication Arts at St. Lawrence University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793167417632,"sku":"9780814255827","price":62.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/526fb52e51f0b329ebc776422f83082d.webp?v=1780715302","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/zoetropes-and-the-politics-of-humanhood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}