Ecologies of Harm : Rhetorics of Violence in the United States (New Directions in Rhetoric and Materiality)

Though scholars often treat violence as communicative, says Eatman, they tend to focus on carefully orchestrated violence such as terrorism, state-run executions, or lynch mobs. She argues, however, that spontaneous violence, such as police killing black people on the street, shares certain contagions and energy with other forms of white supremacist rhetoric, and through its violence, circulates them further. She examines how violent rhetorical ecologies constitute public identity and structure surrounding debates. Annotation 2020 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)