The Silent Witness Project as Rhetorical Hybrid
Toward a Theory of Collective Mourning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3758368 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trischa Goodnow (0000-0002-5974-8748, Oregon State University College of Liberal Arts, Corvallis, OR, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 13 |
| Pages | 1805-1819 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027642211003135 |
| OpenAlex | W3152300908 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Public, visual displays, that aid in the mourning process and summon viewers into action, constitute a rhetorical hybrid that combines epideictic and deliberative rhetoric. This essay suggests a theory of collective mourning that seeks to explain the rhetorical import and function of these multimedia, public displays. The combination of form and content allows the critic to understand how the epideictic and deliberative function in this genre of discourse. After explaining the theory, a case study of the Silent Witness Project follows
Action (physics) · Aesthetics · Art · Collective action · Epistemology · Function (biology) · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Rhetorical criticism · Rhetorical question · Sociology · Witness · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Visual Culture and Art Theory
Memorial Mania
On Collective Memory
Death, art and memory in the public sphere
Debating the Great Emancipator
Public memory and private grief
Public memorializing in postmodernity
Isocrates's use of narrative in the Evagoras
Rhetorical hybrids
Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture
Performance Commemoratives, the Personal, and the Public
Rethinking the Public Sphere
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |