Description:
A collection of essays examining the rhetorics that underlie democratic politics in Latin America and the United States.
Brief description: Michael L. Butterworth is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
Review Quotes:
"With an impressive diversity of both topics and authors, Rhetorics of Democracy in the Americas invites readers to consider the structural determinants as well as living habits of twenty-first-century politics. Angel, Butterworth, and Gómez demonstrate leadership in intellectual and disciplinary ways, bringing scholars together and suggesting with notable hope the future of international collaborations. This rich and deeply grounded collection courageously directs attention to the racial and class-based struggles that continue to challenge the Americas."
--E. Johanna Hartelius, editor of The Rhetorics of US Immigration: Identity, Community, Otherness