| The Rhetorical Career of Cesar Chavez Contributor(s): Hammerback, John C. (Author), Jensen, Richard J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1585443026 ISBN-13: 9781585443024 Publisher: Texas A&M University Press OUR PRICE: $17.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: Cesar Chavez urged the farm laborers of America to proclaim, "Si se puede--Yes, we can!" An indefatigable speaker, writer, and organizer, Chavez developed a well-thought-out approach to his rhetorical discourse and placed his speaking and writing at the very center of his career. By merging thought and character in his themes, arguments, and explanations, he identified with the character of his listeners. Award-winning scholars John C. Hammerback and Richard J. Jensen offer a thorough examination of how Chavez developed his speeches and writings to further his agenda for union activism. They analyze his world view, the rhetorical approaches he took, and many of his own texts, showing that although bron into one of the least powerful segments of American society, Chavez led the farm-labor movement to unprecedented heights. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 331.881 |
| LCCN: 97032794 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.36" W x 9.04" (0.85 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Although born into one of the least powerful segments of American society, C sar Ch vez led the farm-labor movement to unprecedented heights. His powerful effect on audiences is well known, but award-winning scholars John C. Hammerback and Richard J. Jensen offer the first explanation of how Ch vez achieved that effect. Although other studies of Ch vez exist, none has examined so thoroughly his rhetoric nor analyzed in depth such a large number of Ch vez's own texts--scores of which have previously been unstudied. Ch vez was an indefatigable speaker, writer, and non-discursive communicator who developed a well-thought-out approach to his rhetorical discourse and placed his speaking and writing at the very center of his career. By merging thought and character in his themes, arguments, and explanations, and in his first and second personae, Ch vez was able to identify with the character of his listeners. That identification induced many audience members to support Ch vez's agenda for union activism. The authors have developed a model "to help explain Ch vez's startling transformation of some audiences and persuasion of others." Hammerback and Jensen reveal that Ch vez's world view motivated him to work tirelessly and directed him to the particular rhetorical qualities and techniques that characterized his discourse. The authors also demonstrate Ch vez's surprising effectiveness as a rhetor despite his soft-spoken style, uncharacteristic of most powerful orators. |