Matthew S Richards
Biographic Data
| ID | 6743204 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew S Richards |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew S |
| FAMILY NAME | Richards |
| SIGNATURE | RICHARDS M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Appalachian State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Mad King
This article explores the articulation of masculinity in professional wrestling, focusing on how violence can be used to forward alternative performances to hegemonic masculinity. Many modern professional wrestlers are more frequently and openly breaking with traditional masculinity in not just their in-ring/on-screen performances, but also in mediums that blur the lines of the fiction. I detail how one performer, Eddie Kingston, articulates masc…
The Rhetorical Register of Class
This article examines social justice in Appalachia through the lens of rhetoric and public deliberation, specifically with regard to mountaintop removal conflicts in West Virginia. I argue that there is a rhetorical register of class, referencing not just how certain populations are framed and/or (de)valued, but more importantly how the stratification of certain populations shapes the very rhetorical terrains they navigate. That is, the way certa…
Seizing a violent history
This essay examines how contemporary environmental activists identify with violent historical labor disputes in West Virginia. As activists tap into the region's violent past, they are faced with rhetorical opportunities and challenges. In analyzing this phenomenon, I contend that kairic folds occur when contemporary rhetorics draw directly upon historical events in a way that underscores salient contextual factors that shape rhetorical choices. …
Seizing a violent history
This essay examines how contemporary environmental activists identify with violent historical labor disputes in West Virginia. As activists tap into the region's violent past, they are faced with rhetorical opportunities and challenges. In analyzing this phenomenon, I contend that kairic folds occur when contemporary rhetorics draw directly upon historical events in a way that underscores salient contextual factors that shape rhetorical choices. …
Seizing a violent history
This essay examines how contemporary environmental activists identify with violent historical labor disputes in West Virginia. As activists tap into the region's violent past, they are faced with rhetorical opportunities and challenges. In analyzing this phenomenon, I contend that kairic folds occur when contemporary rhetorics draw directly upon historical events in a way that underscores salient contextual factors that shape rhetorical choices. …
The Rhetorical Register of Class
This article examines social justice in Appalachia through the lens of rhetoric and public deliberation, specifically with regard to mountaintop removal conflicts in West Virginia. I argue that there is a rhetorical register of class, referencing not just how certain populations are framed and/or (de)valued, but more importantly how the stratification of certain populations shapes the very rhetorical terrains they navigate. That is, the way certa…
The Mad King
This article explores the articulation of masculinity in professional wrestling, focusing on how violence can be used to forward alternative performances to hegemonic masculinity. Many modern professional wrestlers are more frequently and openly breaking with traditional masculinity in not just their in-ring/on-screen performances, but also in mediums that blur the lines of the fiction. I detail how one performer, Eddie Kingston, articulates masc…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Appalachia (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Hegemony (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Rhetoric (2 works)